Nvidia to open quantum computing lab, CEO says

Nvidia will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston, where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday. Huang made the announcement at Nvidia's annual software developer conference in San Jose, California, where Nvidia held a day of events focused on quantum computing. Nvidia added the program after Huang in January said useful quantum computers are 20 years away, comments he sought to walk back on Thursday while joined onstage by executives from quantum computing firms. The quantum executives said that even when their machines outpace Nvidia's graphics processing units at certain tasks such as understanding how atoms interact with one another, quantum machines will not replace traditional computers.