Nvidia to Create Research Center to Accelerate Advent of Quantum Computing

Nvidia announced that it will open a new research center in Boston this year that will accelerate the development of quantum computers and applied quantum algorithms. The center will bring together the world’s leading architects and algorithmic researchers who, using NVIDIA’s superaccelerators, will accelerate the pace of a future in which practical, fault-tolerant quantum computers are commonplace.

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NVAQC, or NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center, will connect cutting-edge quantum computing hardware with supercomputers running AI models. NVAQC will help solve the toughest problems in quantum computing, from eliminating qubit noise to transforming experimental quantum processors into practical devices.

Leading quantum computing developers, including Quantinuum, Quantum Machines, and QuEra Computing, will leverage NVAQC’s capabilities to advance quantum computing through collaboration with researchers from leading universities including Harvard (HQI), MIT, and others.

«“Quantum computing will complement the capabilities of AI supercomputers to solve some of the world’s most important problems, from drug discovery to materials engineering,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “By working with the broader quantum research community to advance hybrid CUDA-quantum computing, the NVAQC Quantum Research Center will be the place to achieve breakthroughs in large-scale, useful, accelerated quantum supercomputing.”

As part of NVAQC, NVIDIA will provide commercial and academic partners with access to NVIDIA’s state-of-the-art NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rackmount systems, the most powerful hardware ever used in quantum computing. This will enable complex quantum simulations and quantum hardware control algorithms with the low latency needed to correct quantum errors. NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems will also accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence algorithms in quantum computing research.

The NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform will enable the integration of the company’s graphics accelerators and various quantum computing architectures, enabling research groups to develop new hybrid quantum algorithms and applications and ultimately help create breakthrough quantum computing platforms as soon as possible.