A new quantum computing\u00a0installation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee leverages diamond-based hardware to merge quantum information technologies with classical computing systems to spark large gains in computational power.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a collaboration with Australian company Quantum Brilliance, ORNL announced on Tuesday<\/a> it will host one of the company\u2019s hybrid full-stack platforms on premises to begin implementing quantum-powered computational elements with current high-performance computing.\u00a0<\/p>\n Merging both quantum and classical systems is expected to offer users better scientific research outcomes via advanced computational abilities. In theory, this means big advancements in fields like computational chemistry, materials science, high-performance computing and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBy hosting a Quantum Brilliance system on site, we\u2019ll be maturing the real mechanics of hybrid computing \u2014 co\u2011scheduling, end\u2011to\u2011end performance tuning, data and workflow orchestration, workforce development and more \u2014 so we can eventually move HPC-quantum integration from a conceptual pilot to a fully embedded capability within leadership computing,\u201d said ORNL\u2019s Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility Program Director Ashley Barker.\u00a0<\/p>\n Quantum Brilliance\u2019s products hinge on using properties of diamonds that help reduce external noise \u2014 which can introduce errors into calculations \u2014 in quantum computing operations. Quantum Brilliance created its own quantum processing units that take advantage of synthetic diamonds\u2019 atomic structures to overcome some of the current challenges<\/a> in scaling a fault-tolerant quantum computing system.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cDiamond is extremely hard, so even at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, there isn\u2019t sufficient thermal energy to generate the vibrations that would typically disrupt qubit coherence,\u201d said Quantum Brilliance CEO Mark Luo. \u201cThis intrinsic stability allows our QPUs to function without the complexity and cost of cryogenics, laser and vacuum systems. This allowed us to engineer a revolutionary QPU solution that operates efficiently at room temperature while dramatically reducing size, weight and power consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n ORNL is one of the national labs working to innovate in the quantum sciences and technology realm, partnering with other federal entities<\/a> and private sector companies<\/a> to advance and deploy QIST systems.<\/p>\n \u201cLeveraging the potential power of quantum computing in a hybrid ecosystem is important to the nation and aligns with ORNL\u2019s mission of boosting innovation, energy, competitiveness and national security,\u201d Barker said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new quantum computing\u00a0installation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee leverages diamond-based hardware to merge quantum information…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[64,63,257,81353,81354,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-114284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-computing","11":"tag-oak-ridge-national-laboratory","12":"tag-quantum-brilliance","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}