D-Wave to Demonstrate the Real-World Impact of Quantum Computing at the University of Southern California’s Quantum Technologies Forum.

Participation in the event supports D-Wave’s long-standing partnership with USC, the first US-based institution to adopt the D-Wave Advantage™ quantum computing system.

PALO ALTO, Calif., November 07, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE:QBTS) (“D-Wave”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial provider of quantum computers, announced that. is participating in today’s Quantum Technologies Conference hosted by the University of Southern California (USC). D-Wave will present the latest advances in its annealing quantum computing technology and highlight real-world use cases from commercial and research customers.

Participation in today’s event reflects the long-standing relationship between D-Wave and USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering. In 2022, USC became the first US institution to host the D-Wave Advantage annealing quantum computing system. The onsite Advantage system is one of the quantum production systems that commercial users and researchers can access through D-Wave’s Leap™ real-time quantum cloud service. It has supported USC’s work across a number of quantitative research and benchmarking studies in areas such as protein binding and quantum coherence.

“Our computing system at USC plays an important role in supporting the university’s efforts to serve as a center for research and mass education,” said Lorenzo Martinelli, chief revenue officer at D-Wave. “Our 5,000+ qubit quantum computer – currently the world’s largest supercomputer – provides business users, researchers and civil society organizations with incredible capabilities to solve complex problems, and we look forward to continue our partnership with USC to advance scientific progress and business transformation.”

The Quantum Technologies Conference aims to bring together experts from academia, industry and government to advance quantum research, workforce development and quantum technology infrastructure growth in Southern California. Speakers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering include Professor of Engineering Daniel Lidar, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Quantitative and Computational Biology Rosa DiFelice, Researcher Quntao Zhuang and Prof. F. Teodoridis of the USC Marshall School of Business.

About D-Wave Quantum Inc.

D-Wave is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing applications, software, and services, and is the world’s first commercial provider of quantum computers—and the only a company that builds quantum computers and gate model computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing today to benefit business and society. We do this by providing value to customers with efficient quantum applications for various problems such as materials, artificial intelligence, material science, drug discovery, sequencing, cybersecurity, error detection, and e.g. of finance. D-Wave technology has been used by some of the world’s most advanced organizations including Mastercard, Deloitte, Davidson Technologies, ArcelorMittal, Siemens Healthineers, Unisys, NEC Corporation, Pattison Food Group Ltd., DENSO, Lockheed Martin, Forschungszentrum Jülich , University of Southern California, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. With the Quantum Center of Excellence located near Vancouver, Canada, D-Wave’s global operations are based in Palo Alto, CA.

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