Japan’s new ABCI-Q supercomputer will be powered by NVIDIA platforms for accelerated and quantum computing.
Designed to advance the nation’s quantum computing initiative, ABCI-Q will enable high-fidelity quantum simulations for research across industries.
The supercomputer will be integrated with the NVIDIA CUDA-Q open-source hybrid quantum computing platform with powerful simulation tools and capabilities to program hybrid quantum-classical systems. It will be powered by more than 2,000 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs in 500 plus nodes interconnected by NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand.
Expected to be deployed early next year, ABCI-Q is built by Fujitsu at the Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI Technology (G-QuAT) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ABCI supercomputing center.
“Researchers need high-performance simulation to tackle the most difficult problems in quantum computing. CUDA-Q and the NVIDIA H100 equip pioneers such as those at ABCI to make critical advances and speed the development of quantum-integrated supercomputing,” said Tim Costa, Director of High Performance Computing and Quantum Computing at NVIDIA.
“ABCI-Q will let Japanese researchers explore quantum computing technology to test and accelerate the development of its practical applications. The NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform and NVIDIA H100 will help these scientists pursue the next frontiers of quantum computing research,” said Masahiro Horibe, Deputy Director of G-QuAT/AIST.
ABCI-Q is part of Japan’s quantum technology innovation strategy, which aims to create new opportunities for businesses and society to benefit from quantum technology, including through research in AI, energy and biology.
It is intended to be a platform for the advancement of quantum circuit simulation and quantum machine learning, the building of classical-quantum hybrid systems, and the development of new algorithms inspired by quantum technology.
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