(1) Collaboration combines access to quantum systems with expertise from Italy's most powerful supercomputing center for scientific research BOLOGNA, Italy and BURNABY, British Columbia, May 11, 2021, the Italian inter-university consortium and one of the world's leading global supercomputing centers, and D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today announced a formal collaboration to offer Italian universities, researchers, and developers expanded access to practical quantum computing technology and resources through D-Wave's Leap quantum cloud service. CINECA, which is made up of 69 Italian universities, 25 national research institutions, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Universities and Research, will benefit from expanded, real-time access to the