Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IBM And AMD Launch New Co-Design Platform for Quantum Error Correction

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• IBM, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Quantum Science Center and AMD unveiled a joint platform integrating quantum and high-performance computing to advance quantum error correction.
• The initial deployment pairs IBM quantum computers, including its 120-qubit Nighthawk processor, with Oak Ridge’s Umbra computing system, powered by AMD GPUs and CPUs.
• Researchers will test error correction methods and computing workflows supporting the Department of Energy’s goal of 100 logical qubits running 100,000 hard operations by late 2028.
• Image: From left to right: Travis Humble, Director of the Quantum Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Gina Tourassi, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing and Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Stephen Streiffer, Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jay Gambetta, Director of IBM Research and IBM Fellow; Mark Papermaster, CTO and Executive Vice President, AMD; Ralph Wittig, Corporate Fellow and CVP, Head of Research and Advanced Development, AMD; Jerry Chow, IBM CTO of Quantum-Centric Supercomputing and IBM Fellow.

PRESS RELEASE — IBM (NYSE: IBM), the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center (QSC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today unveiled a new co-design platform for quantum error correction, integrating quantum and high-performance computing.