The cash will go towards developing quantum computing technology in partnership with Delft University of Technology and research agency TNO.

US-based semiconductor technology manufacturer Intel pledged today to invest $50m in quantum computing technology over the next decade as part of a strategic collaboration.

Intel is partnering with the Netherlands-based Delft University of Technology and TNO, the Dutch Organisation for Applied Research, and will supply cash as well as technical support and engineering resources both on-site and at its Dutch corporate location.

Quantum computing is different to currently used digital computers in that it is based on transistors that require…