NVIDIA ( NVDA , Financials ) said it is establishing a research center in Boston to advance quantum computing using artificial intelligence supercomputers, aiming to integrate quantum hardware and software with its accelerated computing technologies.
The firm said in a statement that the new NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center would combine academic institutions and business partners to enable development of hybrid quantum algorithms and handle important issues such quantum error correction.For quantum-related simulations and algorithm testing, NVIDIA claims the center will use its GB200 NVL72 rack-scale systemsthe most powerful computing hardware available so far. These technologies will also enable low-latency control algorithms required for quantum error correction and let researchers increase the use of artificial intelligence in quantum applications.Using the facility, academic partners Harvard University's Quantum Initiative in Science and Engineering and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Engineering Quantum Systems group will investigate next-generation quantum technologies.Combining quantum and conventional computing technology might hasten developments in quantum error correction and practical applications, according to Harvard professor Mikhail Lukin co-director of the university's quantum project in the statement.The NVIDIA center will let researchers combine the company's accelerated computing tools with quantum processing units, or QPUs, to work on device characterization and hybrid software development, according MIT professor William Oliver, director of the university's Center for Quantum Engineering.The center will make use of NVIDIA's CUDA-Q development platform, intended to enable researchers to produce software linking graphics processing units with quantum computers, in order to assist such efforts.Among the quantum hardware partners engaged in the project, the business included Quantinuum, Quantum Machines and QuEra Computing.Later in 2025, NVIDIA said, the research center is likely to start running. The news came at the GTC event hosted by NVIDIA running until March 21.
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