Quantum Brilliance sells Europe's first room-temperature quantum accelerator
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The news: Canberra-based quantum technology company Quantum Brilliance has teamed up with US chipmaking giant Nvidia for the first sale of a room-temperature quantum accelerator in Europe.
The context: The technology, which integrates classical and quantum computing, was sold to Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF (Fraunhofer IAF).
Fraunhofer IAF will use the technology to explore the possibilities of incorporating AI into quantum systems.
Quantum Brilliance's quantum accelerators differ from other quantum mainframe computers by leveraging synthetic diamonds to run at room temperature in any environment without the need for large, expensive and energy-intensive refrigeration units to keep qubits stable.
The purchase of its second-generation Quantum Development Kit enhances the Quantum Brilliance's existing software suite at Fraunhofer IAF. It integrates classical co-processors, including Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs), as well as central processing units (CPUs), alongside Quantum Brilliance’s quantum processor (QPU), all within a single box.
This architecture allows users to explore different depths of hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, such as quantum machine learning techniques that combine quantum and classical neural networks.
The purchase by Fraunhofer IAF, one of the world’s leading research institutes for synthetic diamonds and their potential use in quantum computing applications, follows the first global procurement of the second-generation Quantum Development Kit by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US.
What they said: "Our long-standing collaboration with Fraunhofer IAF highlights the development of room-temperature quantum accelerators and continues to push the boundaries of scalable, energy-efficient quantum computing solutions," said Quantum Brilliance's chief revenue officer Mark Mattingley-Scott.
"Quantum Brilliance’s work with Fraunhofer IAF points to a future where quantum hardware is collocated with AI supercomputers, unlocking new possibilities for hybrid quantum-classical computing," said Tim Costa, a senior director at Nvidia.
The source: Quantum Brilliance media release
