100-Qubit Quantum Computer Delivered to Boost European Infrastructure

Pasqal has delivered a 100-qubit quantum computer to the Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC) in Germany to enable researchers to access hybrid classical-quantum resources to solve complex challenges.

The new neutral atom quantum computer will be coupled with the Jureca DC supercomputer at JSC to form part of the EuroHPC JU High Performance Computer and Quantum Simulator (HPCQS).

HPCQS aims to advance the integration of quantum systems with the existing European supercomputing infrastructure to solve previously impossible complex optimization problems.

Potential applications include drug design, supply chain management, wireless network design, intelligent charging of autonomous cars, financial services, trading and cybersecurity.

Researchers would also be able to access Pasqal’s quantum processing unit (QPU) to run physics and chemistry simulations and for quantum machine learning.

Pasqal’s quantum computer will also join the Jülich Unified Infrastructure for quantum computing, a public quantum computing user facility that provides science and industry with access to quantum computers to explore potential applications.

The HPCQS project is coordinated by the JSC and supported by the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and six European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain).

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It aims to integrate two 100+ qubit Pasqal quantum computers with two existing supercomputers.

Pasqual delivered the first of these to the French supercomputing center GENCI/CEA four months ago for integration with the Joliot Curie supercomputer.

The second, delivered to the JSC, was financed in equal parts by EuroHPC JU and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

“Our partnership with Forschungszentrum Jülich and the resulting coupling of our QPU with the JURECA DC supercomputer is a unique opportunity to drive innovation in fields such as materials science, drug discovery and artificial intelligence through the work of European researchers,” said Pasqual CEO and co-founder Georges-Olivier Reymond.

“It is also creating the framework for the private sector to explore and perfect industrial use cases while having access to the latest quantum and high-performance computing technology,”