US quantum giant taps Sydney spinout for computing race


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Australian scientists will co-develop electronics and materials in Sydney for a global quantum giant that is racing to build the world’s most powerful quantum computer by the end of the decade.

The tie-up between new local R&D outfit Emergence Quantum and IonQ was announced late on Thursday just weeks after the US company revealed it is buying a UK chip innovator for $1.5 billion and had pulled in $1 billion …

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