IonQ and SDT form strategic partnership to bring quantum computers and networking to Asia-Pacific

IonQ signed a multi-year strategic partnership with SDT, a South Korea-based quantum company, under which IonQ will supply SDT with a Superion 256 system and its silicon-vacancy quantum memory module. The deal moves the relationship from cloud software to hardware production, assembly and regional resale. SDT plans a manufacturing and integration site in Gumi, South Korea.

• Multi-year partnership; IonQ supplies a Superion 256 system and SiV quantum memory modules
• SDT plans a Gumi, South Korea facility for memory packaging, system assembly and commissioning
• Planned uses include a hybrid quantum-classical data center and a cancer research project
• Deal value not disclosed