{"id":633399,"date":"2024-09-04T13:59:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T10:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputers-are-getting-a-diamond-quantum-boost\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T10:59:45","slug":"the-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputers-are-getting-a-diamond-quantum-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputers-are-getting-a-diamond-quantum-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"#The world\u2019s most powerful supercomputers are getting a diamond quantum boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af6ff98d5d4a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af6ff98d5d4a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputers-are-getting-a-diamond-quantum-boost\/#Exploring_HPC_and_quantum_integration\" >Exploring HPC and quantum integration<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-worlds-most-powerful-supercomputers-are-getting-a-diamond-quantum-boost\/#Milestone_to_achieving_massively_parallelised_quantum_accelerators\" >Milestone to achieving massively parallelised quantum accelerators<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2024%2F09%2F52280905284_a9487bd076_k.jpg&amp;signature=d36742ecf4928765169f8503654fa3c5\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee is the stuff of computation legend. From playing a central part in the Manhattan Project and the development of the first nuclear bomb, to housing the world\u2019s first exascale supercomputer, it sits at the very edge of what is possible given the extent of our scientific knowledge to date. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, ORNL has chosen to partner with Quantum Brilliance for a hybrid quantum-classical project built on the Australian-German startup\u2019s room temperature quantum accelerator \u2014 made from diamond \u2014 to give its supercomputers a quantum boost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we get into the bling part, it is worth defining a few terms. A quantum accelerator is a specialised hardware unit that speeds up specific quantum algorithms, or tasks. They act as a co-processor to classical processors, such as CPUs or GPUs, taking on specific quantum calculations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essentially, they augment classical computing systems. This is different from quantum processors, which are the core processing units of quantum computers, where qubits are responsible for all computations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exploring_HPC_and_quantum_integration\"><\/span>Exploring HPC and quantum integration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quantum Brilliance specialises in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diamond quantum materials and the development of small, ruggedised diamond quantum accelerators that operate at room temperature. It also offers a range of software and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication tools to go along with the hardware units.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strategic partnership between ORNL and Quantum Brilliance will see the two explore the on-premise integration of the startup\u2019s clusters into the institution\u2019s high-performance computing (HPC) systems to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201dexplore the performance and effectiveness of parallelised and hybridised quantum computing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2025 &#8211; Back to NDSM on June 19-20, 2025 &#8211; Save the date!<\/p>\n<p>As we wrapped up our incredible 2024 edition, we&#8217;re pleased to announce our return to Amsterdam NDSM in 2025. Registration now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cParallel quantum computing holds transformative potential for scientific discovery and industrial applications that require high-performance computing,\u201d said Dr Travis Humble, director of the Quantum <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Center at ORNL. Dr Humble added that the partnership would allow the centre to explore effective integration with existing HPC systems and inform the design of future infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hybrid quantum-classical computing is, as already mentioned, when a classical system offloads certain tasks to quantum accelerators or processors. Parallel quantum computing entails several quantum systems working alongside each other to solve a specific problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Milestone_to_achieving_massively_parallelised_quantum_accelerators\"><\/span>Milestone to achieving massively parallelised quantum accelerators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORNL belongs to the US Department of Energy. It is home to Frontier \u2014 the world\u2019s fastest supercomputer with a computational capacity of 2 exaflop. (One exaflop is the ability to perform one billion billion calculations per second.) It also houses other powerful HPC systems including Summit (the fastest in the world until Frontier came along) and Andes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partnering with a world-leading scientific institution to inform the infrastructure of what will undoubtedly be the most powerful hybrid quantum-classical systems is a tremendous achievement for any startup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis collaboration represents a significant milestone in our mission to bring quantum computing to practical applications,\u201d said Mark Luo, co-founder and CEO of Quantum Brilliance. \u201cThis is a critical milestone towards achieving massively parallelised quantum accelerators, which we believe will be the preferred architecture in HPC centres.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2019, Quantum Brilliance has headquarters in Sydney and Stuttgart and calls itself a global leader in diamond-based quantum <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. This particular approach to quantum leverages the unique properties of diamond as a material, especially what is called nitrogen-vacancy centres. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These can act as stable qubits at room temperature. This gives them an advantage over other approaches that require extremely low temperatures, which would also mean significantly lowering the overall cost of quantum computing.\u00a0<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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