NVIDIA Accelerates Quantum Computing Centers Worldwide with CUDA-Q Platform

NVIDIA has announced that it will accelerate quantum computing efforts at national supercomputing centers around the world with the open-source NVIDIA CUDA-Q™ platform. Supercomputing sites in Germany, Japan, and Poland will use the platform to power the quantum processing units (QPUs) inside their NVIDIA-accelerated high-performance computing systems.

Quantum Computing Research Advancements

Germany’s Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich is installing a QPU built by IQM Quantum Computers, complementing its JUPITER supercomputer supercharged by the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper™ Superchip.

Japan’s ABCI-Q supercomputer, located at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), is designed to advance the nation’s quantum computing initiative. Powered by the NVIDIA Hopper™ architecture, the system will add a QPU from QuEra.

Poland’s Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) has recently installed two photonic QPUs, built by ORCA Computing, connected to a new supercomputer partition accelerated by NVIDIA Hopper.

Potential Applications of Quantum Computing

The QPU integrated with ABCI-Q will enable researchers at AIST to investigate quantum applications in AI, energy, and biology, utilizing Rubidium atoms controlled by laser light as qubits to perform calculations. PSNC’s QPUs will enable researchers to explore biology, chemistry, and machine learning with two PT-1 quantum photonics systems using single photons, or packets of light, at telecom frequencies as qubits.

NVIDIA’s Role in Advancing Quantum Computing

Tim Costa, director of quantum and HPC at NVIDIA, emphasized the importance of the tight integration of quantum with GPU supercomputing in enabling useful quantum computing. NVIDIA’s quantum computing platform equips pioneers such as AIST, JSC, and PSNC to push the boundaries of scientific discovery and advance the state of the art in quantum-integrated supercomputing. The collaboration between NVIDIA and these national supercomputing centers highlights the potential of quantum computing in various fields and the ongoing efforts to make practical quantum computing applications a reality.