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Fusion42 · 20 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
IBM has linked and cooled the first pair of its new modular cryogenic fridges, a key milestone toward its goal of delivering the world’s first fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029, enabling scalable large-scale quantum computing clusters.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing, and 7 sources have reported it between 19 Aug 2026 and 20 Aug 2026.
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IBM's new modular cryogenic fridges create scalable quantum processor clusters, opening a clear path for entrepreneurs to build fault-tolerant quantum hardware and software that can handle real-world problems at scale.
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7 sources · first reported 19 Aug 2026 · latest 20 Aug 2026
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