South Korea Launches Hangang Supercomputer, Plans Quantum Integration for Hybrid Computing

South Korea has brought its sixth national supercomputer, Hangang, into full operation. Equipped with 8,496 GPUs and 9,936 CPUs, Hangang offers 24 times the theoretical computing performance of its predecessor. The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) announced plans to connect Hangang with a quantum computer in the first half of 2027, aiming to develop a hybrid computing system that combines high-performance computing with quantum processing for advanced scientific and AI research.