Quantinuum's H2 quantum computer to expand the scope and accuracy of pharmaceutical and materials science research using the Reimei-Fugaku hybrid compute platform
TOKYO, April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantinuum, a leading quantum computing company, today announced that RIKEN, Japan's premier national research institute, has procured its System Model H2 quantum computer to scale the capability of "Reimei-Fugaku," a hybrid quantum-supercomputer platform in Japan. Â
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