HPC Centers Must Prepare Now for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing, Report Says

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• An Alice & Bob and Hyperion Research report says HPC centers must prepare their software, workflows and expertise before fault-tolerant quantum computers arrive.
• The report recommends testing quantum-HPC-AI architectures, developing open software standards and jointly designing workflows across computing disciplines.
• Interviews with 15 HPC practitioners found that premature deployment of immature systems could undermine confidence in quantum computing.

PRESS RELEASE — Alice & Bob, a leader in fault-tolerant quantum computing, and Hyperion Research, the HPC industry’s leading analyst and market-intelligence firm, today released a new report on what it will take to enable HPC-Quantum-AI systems with insights from HPC practitioners.

As quantum hardware advances toward fault-tolerance, a key concern for HPC centers is ensuring that the software stack, hybrid workflows, and operational expertise will be ready when the hardware is. The new report “HPC-Quantum-AI: Shaping the Next Compute Era,” also found that many HPC practitioners worry that an immature stack, deployed too early, risks failures that erode the HPC community’s trust in quantum computing for years to come.