{"id":50992,"date":"2025-09-29T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/50992\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:51:10","slug":"softbank-seeks-post-5g-edge-with-quan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/50992\/","title":{"rendered":"SoftBank seeks post-5G edge with quan&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese operator SoftBank Corp outlined a plan to incorporate its AI computing platform with a national quantum machine, advancing goals to ready infrastructure for so-called post-5G information and communication (IC) systems.<\/p>\n<p>SoftBank plans to begin connecting its AI platform with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/ai-cloud\/fujitsu-makes-genai-quantum-computing-moves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riken quantum equipment<\/a> next month as part of the JHPC-quantum programme to research and develop hybrid platforms involving the machines and supercomputers.<\/p>\n<p>Initial steps in connecting SoftBank and Riken\u2019s set-ups will use the Science Information Network (SINET), an academic IC system operated by the National Institute of Informatics.\n                        <\/p>\n<p>SoftBank expects its AI computing platform to \u201cfurther expand the collaborative environment between quantum computers and supercomputers\u201d. It predicted the move could accelerate R&amp;D and so advance commercialisation prospects.<\/p>\n<p>A low-latency, high-speed network will be used to connect the computers, providing the platform to develop services enabling collaboration of quantum and high-performance computing, then verify how well they work.<\/p>\n<p>SoftBank stated it and Riken proposed the JHPC-quantum project in response to a call by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation to explore connections between quantum and supercomputers.<\/p>\n<p>It noted Riken has two commercial quantum computers in operation, the ion trap-type REMEI and superconducting variant ibm_kobe.<\/p>\n<p>SoftBank intends to back up its AI-quantum ambitions through SLAs, \u201csecurity and operational standards to meet the needs of test users\u201d, along with performing verification and maintaining a focus on commercial possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese operator SoftBank Corp outlined a plan to incorporate its AI computing platform with a national quantum machine,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[241,61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-50992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}