IonQ and SDT to build quantum manufacturing hub in Korea under 256-qubit deal

IonQ has signed a multi-year partnership with South Korea's SDT to supply its Superion 256 quantum computer and silicon-vacancy quantum memory technology. SDT will open a manufacturing and system-integration facility in Gumi and plans a hybrid quantum-classical data center for medical and biomedical research.

• SDT will deploy IonQ's Superion 256 system for one of its customers
• A Gumi facility will assemble systems and produce SiV quantum memory modules
• The partners plan a hybrid quantum-classical data center for biomedical research
• IonQ already works with KISTI, SK Telecom, Hyundai and Korean universities