Networking technology giant Cisco Systems Inc. today introduced a new networking switch for quantum systems that routes quantum information between computers while preserving quantum state.  The Cisco ...

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Research prototype designed to connect quantum systems from different suppliers, in all major encoding modalities, at room temperature, over standard telecom fibre.

Cisco announced a working research prototype of a "Universal Quantum Switch" for quantum networking. Cisco stock has gained 16% in 2026.

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A network switch is a small hardware device that links multiple computers together within one local area network, wide area network and different network topology. Network switches work at Data Link ...

Cisco has shown a Universal Quantum Switch prototype designed to connect different quantum computers and sensors over standard fibre.

The Cisco Universal Quantum Switch was tested by Cisco researchers using Cisco’s own entanglement source and single-photon detectors. In these experiments, the switch demonstrated that quantum ...

Cisco's Universal Switch can connect quantum computers made by different companies, preserve quantum information, and slot into existing infrastructure.

Cisco positioned the universal quantum switch as part of a broader, end‑to‑end approach to quantum networking, spanning ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has broadened the range of its Aruba Networking wired and wireless portfolio, along with new distributed services switches, to offload security and network services to ...

Cisco has presented a research prototype for networking quantum computers. It is intended to convert and transmit ...