{"id":63057,"date":"2024-05-02T11:21:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T03:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=63057"},"modified":"2024-05-02T11:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T03:21:18","slug":"ibm-riken-to-deploy-next-gen-quantum-computer-architecture-quantum-processor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2024\/05\/02\/ibm-riken-to-deploy-next-gen-quantum-computer-architecture-quantum-processor\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM, RIKEN to deploy next-gen quantum computer architecture, quantum processor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/investor\">IBM<\/a> announced an agreement with RIKEN, a Japanese national research laboratory, to deploy IBM\u2019s next-generation quantum computer architecture and best-performing quantum processor at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It will be the only instance of a quantum computer co-located with the supercomputer Fugaku.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This agreement was executed as part of RIKEN\u2019s existing project, supported by funding from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), an organization under Japan\u2019s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)\u2019s \u201cDevelopment of Integrated Utilization Technology for Quantum and Supercomputers\u201d as part of the\u00a0\u201cProject for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information and Communications Systems.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RIKEN has dedicated use of an IBM Quantum System Two architecture for the purpose of implementation of its project. Under the project RIKEN and its co-PI SoftBank Corp., with its collaborators, University of Tokyo, and Osaka University, aim to demonstrate the advantages of such hybrid computational platforms for deployment as services in the future post-5G era, based on the vision of advancing science and business in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In addition to the project, IBM will work to develop the software stack dedicated to generating and executing integrated quantum-classical workflows in a heterogeneous quantum-HPC hybrid computing environment. These new capabilities will be geared towards delivering improvements in algorithm quality and execution times.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IBM Quantum System Two, which will be deployed at RIKEN and integrated with Fugaku, includes IBM\u2019s plans to introduce its next-generation quantum computing architecture, combining expandable cryogenic infrastructure, modular quantum control electronics, and advanced system software to deliver quantum computing services that work alongside traditional HPC services \u2014 the core elements of IBM\u2019s vision of quantum-centric supercomputing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantum-centric supercomputing emerges from integrated quantum and classical computing resources, working together in parallelized workloads, to run computations beyond what was possible before. Quantum-centric supercomputing is IBM\u2019s vision of the future for traditional HPC, where quantum computing will be an integral part of the architecture. And IBM Quantum System Two constitutes a fundamental building block towards this architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system will be powered by a 133-qubit \u2018IBM Quantum Heron\u2019 processor. IBM Heron is the first in a new series of quantum processors with an architecture that delivers the highest performance metrics of any IBM Quantum processor that has been released, to date. Now available to users via the cloud, experiments on IBM Heron also had the lowest error rates of any IBM Quantum processor, offering a\u00a0five-fold improvement\u00a0over the previous best records set by IBM Eagle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdvanced quantum computers of NISQ are now moving into the practical stage as the number of qubits is increasing and the fidelity is improved. From the HPC\u2019s point of view, quantum computers are devices that accelerate scientific applications conventionally executed on supercomputers and enable computations that cannot yet be solved by supercomputers. RIKEN is committed to developing system software for quantum-HPC hybrid computing, by leveraging its comprehensive scientific research capabilities and experience in the development and operation of cutting-edge supercomputers, such as Fugaku,\u201d said Dr. Mitsuhisa Sato, Director, Quantum HPC Collaborative Platform Division, RIKEN Center for Computational Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs the first quantum system that will directly connect with the Fugaku classical supercomputer, IBM&#8217;s agreement with RIKEN marks a monumental milestone in the journey towards a future defined by quantum-centric supercomputing,\u201d said Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and Vice President, IBM Quantum. \u201cThis work will advance the industry towards a modular and flexible architecture that combines quantum computation and communication with classical computing resources, so that both paradigms can work together to solve increasingly complex problems.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will be the only instance of a quantum computer co-located with the supercomputer Fugaku.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":63060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[214,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-63057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-ibm","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}