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SAN JOSE, California (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)