Quantum computing company received a $7bn valuation

The MARS1000 chip was launched by the company last week

First phase of the project slated to go live in December 2025

First time GPUs will be deployed as accelerators in a flagship Japanese supercomputer

Investment will make SoftBank fifth-biggest shareholder in Intel

System will see first deployment of Nvidia GB200 NVL72 system in Australia

Factory produces nitrogen trifluoride, used to clean silicon wafers

Cloud division trumps consumer products for first time in company's history

Companies will deploy a Dell ‘AI Factory’ at Macquarie’s IC3 Super West data center in Sydney

Plus a round up of other recent quantum announcements

Leak was uncovered as part of routine monitoring undertaken by the chipmaker

Company claims platform can reduce production cycles by 30 percent, and result in improved yield

Memory chips only segment of company’s Device Solutions business that saw growth in the quarter

Company is still evaluating locations in the state of Telangana

Cluster used by company’s SB Intuitions subsidiary now contains more than 10,000 GPUs

Company recorded revenue of $16.1bn for the quarter

AI accelerators will be available via LG’s EXAONE platform

Company says 30 percent of 2nm production capacity will be located in Arizona

Legislation aims to clamp down on the smuggling of advanced chips to China

Also: Diraq funding, IonQ Korean deployment, Singaporean quantum testbed, and IQM Resonance upgrades

Draft rule first step to replace the scrapped Biden-era AI Diffusion Rule

Plus, Australia’s national science agency claims first use of quantum machine learning to make chips

Will also function as a test fabrication site

Company focusing efforts on improving its 2nm process