IBM and Japan institute team up to develop next-gen quantum computer

TOKYO -- Japan's government-backed technology institute will partner with IBM to develop next-generation quantum computers, Nikkei has learned.

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and IBM aim to develop a quantum computer with 10,000 quantum bits, or qubits, which would be 75 times more than current quantum computers have. In quantum computing, a qubit is the basic unit of information -- just like a binary bit in conventional computers -- and gives a rough idea of performance.