The consortium between Google, D-Wave and USRA (Universities Space Research Association) have announced that it will extend its existing contract with NASA Systems for a further seven years, to continue the ﻿development of﻿ AI and machine learning systems. The contract extension means that the existing NASA 2 (500-qubit) hardware, will stay at D-Wave's Ames research centre and NASA will be installing its new quantum machines as they are invented over the period of﻿ the new contract. Eugene Tu, Director of ﻿the Ames Research Centre, in a statement said that he hopes the partnership will be able to demonstrate that "Q﻿uantum computing and quantum algorithms may someday dramatically improve our ability to solve difficult optimisation problems for missions in aeronautics, Earth and space sciences, and space exploration".
The consortium between Google, NASA and USRA (Universities Space Research Association) have announced that it will extend its existing contract with D-Wave Systems for a further seven years, to continue the ﻿development of﻿ AI and machine learning systems. The contract extension means that the existing D-Wave 2 (500-qubit) hardware, will stay at NASA's Ames research centre and D-Wave will be installing its new quantum machines as they are invented over the period of﻿ the new contract. Eugene Tu, Director of ﻿the Ames Research Centre, in a statement said that he hopes the partnership will be able to demonstrate that "Q﻿uantum computing and quantum algorithms may someday dramatically improve our ability to solve difficult optimisation problems for missions in aeronautics, Earth and space sciences, and space exploration".