# Cisco Built a Quantum Router. The Hard Part Is Convincing Everyone to Use It.

- slug: cisco-built-a-quantum-router-the-hard-part-is-convincing-everyone-to-use-it
- date: 2026-04-23
- category: Quantum Computing

A thousand quantum computers need half a million direct cables to talk to each other. Cisco says its new switch brings that to one cable per machine — but IBM and IonQ have not committed to using it.

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