ABCI-Q: World’s Largest Quantum Supercomputer By NVIDIA
NVIDIA and AIST present the world's largest quantum research supercomputer, ABCI-Q. NVIDIA announced that Global Research and Development Centre for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT) houses ABCI-Q, the largest quantum computing research supercomputer.
Quantum processors could help AI supercomputers solve complex problems in healthcare, energy, and finance. ABCI-Q enables unprecedented quantum-GPU computation, advancing the development of usable, accelerated quantum systems.
G-QuAT ABCI-Q supercomputer
Quantum computing research advanced today with the opening of the Global Research and Development Centre for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT) and the ABCI-Q supercomputer. Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) deployed ABCI-Q, the world's largest quantum computing research supercomputer, with NVIDIA. This alliance accelerates quantum error correction and application development to build viable, faster quantum supercomputers.
ABCI-Q prepares researchers to use quantum computing fully. It provides a strong hybrid architecture to accelerate quantum computing application development. Japanese researchers can examine quantum computing technology's basic difficulties and accelerate real-world application development. Researchers can test quantum computing stepping-stone devices with the technique.
Advanced Hardware-Software Integration
The powerful ABCI-Q has cutting-edge hardware. NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand links 2,020 H100 GPUs. For complex quantum computing applications, this configuration enables fast data transfer and parallel computation.
The open-source hybrid computing platform NVIDIA CUDA-Q complements the hardware. Practical, large-scale quantum computing applications require hardware and software coordination, which CUDA-Q provides. It provides one framework for classical and quantum devices to work smoothly.
Multiple Quantum Processor Integration
ABCI-Q's capacity to integrate with partner quantum computers is a key feature. This flexible setup lets researchers study qubit modalities and construct hybrid quantum-GPU workloads. The system includes:
Fujitsu superconducting qubit.
A neutral-atom quantum processor from QuEra.
OptQC's photon processor.
ABCI-Q's versatility and research potential are boosted by using cutting-edge quantum processors from top companies, allowing full testing of quantum technologies. The architecture supports large-scale quantum applications and hybrid quantum-GPU workloads across these qubit modalities.
Impact on Industry and Research
ABCI-Q advances the development of useful, quicker quantum systems. Integrating AI supercomputing with quantum hardware is expected to accelerate quantum computing's promise for everyone. AI supercomputers could solve the world's hardest issues with quantum processors.
The system can solve complex healthcare, energy, and financial issues. AI and quantum computing allow scientists to examine previously inconceivable solutions.
ABCI-Q is crucial to working quantum systems and error correction and application development, according to NVIDIA's senior director of computer-aided engineering, quantum, and CUDA-X, Tim Costa. Masahiro Horibe, deputy director of G-QuAT and AIST, noted that ABCI-Q's NVIDIA accelerated computing platform lets researchers evaluate quantum computing's foundational technologies.
In conclusion, ABCI-Q is a turning point in quantum research by giving scientists a powerful toolkit to study and develop new applications in many fields. Due to its advanced architecture, which integrates many NVIDIA GPUs, high-speed networking, hybrid computing software, and a variety of quantum processors, it is a leading quantum computing platform.
