Europe's first quantum supercomputer with more than 5,000 qubits has been launched at the Julich Research Center in Germany. Representatives of the center said that this is an important milestone in the development of quantum computers in Europe.
The quantum supercomputer, created by the Canadian supplier of quantum computing systems D-Wave, is by far the most powerful computing machine of the company. In addition, this product is installed outside the company headquarters for the first time.
This quantum supercomputer is designed to solve optimization and sampling problems. The advantage of the quantum annealing method is that its system stability is much higher than that of the quantum gate method. Thanks to this quantum supercomputer and the D-Wave quantum system with remote cloud access installed at the Julich Research Center, the center can participate in the practical application of quantum computing at an early stage.
Quantum supercomputers promise to revolutionize drug development, cybersecurity, and financial modeling. They also optimize weather forecasting and many other areas that classic computers can't handle.
In order to realize the commercial application of quantum computing as soon as possible, the center created the Yulikh User Infrastructure for Quantum Computing (JUNIQ). This will provide convenient access to quantum computing systems for various user groups in Europe. In the future, the Julich Research Center will provide facilities for researchers from Germany and other EU countries. Companies will also have access to JUNIQ to help them use quantum supercomputers.
