SAN JOSE, California, March 20 (Reuters) - Nvidia ( NVDA )

will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston,

where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard

University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nvidia ( NVDA )

CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday.

Huang made the announcement at Nvidia's ( NVDA ) annual software

developer conference in San Jose, California, where Nvidia ( NVDA ) held

a day of events focused on quantum computing.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) added the program after Huang in January said useful

quantum computers are 20 years away, comments he sought to walk

back on Thursday while joined onstage by executives from quantum

computing firms.

"This is the first event in history where a company CEO

invites all of the guests to explain why he was wrong," Huang

said.

(Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Jose, California)