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IBM Connects Its First Modular Cryogenic Systems in Milestone Toward Fault-Tolerant ...
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Fusion42 · 19 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
IBM has successfully connected and cooled two modular cryogenic systems designed to link hundreds of quantum chips, advancing its roadmap toward delivering the world's first fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Deep Tech: Telecom & Connectivity, and 2 sources have reported it.
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You need to rethink quantum hardware design now that modular cryogenics connects chip arrays at ultra-low temperatures. This unlocks scalable quantum computing architectures and forces hardware founders to innovate on modular, linked systems or risk obsolescence.
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