Classiq
announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to bring large-scale quantum circuits to
customers. Now, businesses and other organizations can prepare for and explore
the benefits of larger quantum circuits before the hardware is available.
"Working
with Classiq allows customers to expedite the creation and analysis of larger
and more useful quantum circuits while helping them better prepare for the era
of quantum advantage."
"Today, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for
organizations to explore the benefits of large-scale quantum circuits," said
Nir Minerbi, Classiq co-founder and CEO. "This is because large quantum
computers don't yet exist, and existing intermediate-scale quantum computers
are noisy and limited in their ability to execute longer circuits. This new
collaboration between Classiq and NVIDIA changes the game, enabling enterprise
users today to explore how quantum algorithms perform at scale and be
better-prepared for the next generation of quantum hardware."
To create and debug the next generation of quantum
algorithms, customers need to simulate larger and more sophisticated quantum
circuits. Classiq and NVIDIA are addressing this need from two complementary
directions. The Classiq platform synthesizes quantum circuits from high-level
functional models, and reduces these circuits to the lowest possible qubit and
gate count. NVIDIA accelerates the simulation of certain larger-scale quantum
circuits with the NVIDIA cuQuantum software development kit, thus expanding the
practical limits of quantum simulation. Now, customers can create and simulate
more comprehensive circuits and get a head start on the journey to extract true
business value from quantum computing applications.
For instance, companies could explore how quantum computers
could balance large numbers of assets, simulate a more complex molecule or
optimize traffic patterns. Today's quantum computers can be used to solve
simple versions of these problems, but with the technologies of Classiq and
NVIDIA, more sophisticated solutions can be created and debugged, stress-tested
and scaled up in preparation for quantum hardware that can execute them.
"Working with Classiq allows customers to expedite the
creation and analysis of larger and more useful quantum circuits while helping
them better prepare for the era of quantum advantage," said Sam Stanwyck,
cuQuantum product manager at NVIDIA. "By combining NVIDIA's high-performance
quantum simulators with Classiq's industry-leading circuit synthesis
capabilities, forward-looking organizations can leapfrog the competition and
better position themselves for the age of quantum."