IBM and AMD Team Up for Quantum HPC
IBM, Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
IBM and AMD are teaming up to explore quantum-centric supercomputing, a hybrid approach that combines IBM's quantum systems with AMD's high-performance CPUs and GPUs.
The goal: split complex workloads so each task runs on the architecture best suited to it-quantum for simulating nature at the atomic level, classical HPC for large-scale data crunching.
The IBM and AMD partnership isn't a product launch, but it is a clear signal that two of computing's biggest vendors see momentum building for practical quantum-classical workflows.
In separate statements, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna touted the partnership as a way to 'push past the limits of traditional computing,' while AMD CEO Lisa Su called high-performance compute 'the foundation' for tackling hard problems. The companies said they plan an initial demonstration later this year that shows IBM quantum systems operating in tandem with AMD hardware.