Toyota Tsusho and D-Wave announce quantum computing collaboration
Primeur Weekly, November 14, 2017 – D-Wave Systems Inc., an expert in quantum computing systems and software, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota Tsusho Corporation to collaborate on high-speed optimization projects using quantum computing. Toyota Tsusho is the trading arm of the Toyota Group, providing a diverse global customer base with high performance computing technologies. Toyota Tsusho plans to use D-Wave's system to explore optimization applications and, ultimately, improve customer efficiency across a variety of industries - from automotive and finance, to medicine, environmental sustainability, and beyond.