ParTec AG announced at the ISC High Performance 2024 conference that it will offer full-stack quantum computing solutions. The company’s quantum computers are designed with a modular, qubit-agnostic approach, accommodating different quantum processing unit (QPU) types. ParTec’s system also includes integration software to bridge classical and quantum computing, an emulator, and an open-source programming environment. The company also announced project EIGER, its first quantum computer product line based on superconducting qubit technology. ParTec has co-developed QBridge software with Quantum Machines to integrate quantum computers into existing high-performance computing setups. The first QBridge installation was at the Israeli Quantum Computing Center.
ParTec’s Quantum Computing Solutions: A Comprehensive Approach
ParTec AG, a company specializing in the development and manufacture of modular High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems and Quantum Computers (QC), has announced its plans to offer comprehensive quantum computing solutions. The announcement was made during the ISC High Performance 2024 conference in Hamburg. ParTec’s quantum computing solutions are designed with a component-based system architecture, which is flexible and can accommodate different Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) types and quantum computing modalities.
The company’s quantum computing solutions also include an integration software that bridges the gap between classical and quantum computing, an emulator that acts as a digital twin of the physical system, and an open-source-based programming user environment. ParTec’s approach to quantum computing uses readily available components to meet the specific requirements of each customer. The design of the system, the minimized environmental requirements, the open software environment, and the seamless integration with classical HPC resources aim to provide maximum protection for the quantum computing investment of ParTec’s customers.
EIGER: ParTec’s Quantum Computer Product Line
At the ISC 2024 conference, ParTec announced the development of its first quantum computer product line, named EIGER. This system is based on superconducting qubit technology and can be scaled from small qubit counts to advanced QPU technologies. This flexibility allows research organizations, data centers, and industrial customers to carry out work ranging from early quantum exploration to advanced research.
The future quantum computer models will be manufactured and tested in ParTec’s soon-to-open Quantum Factory in Munich. This facility will play a crucial role in the development and production of ParTec’s quantum computing solutions.
QBridge Software: Bridging Classical and Quantum Computing
In collaboration with Quantum Machines, ParTec has developed a software called QBridge. This software integrates quantum computers into existing HPC setups, enabling users to utilize the power of quantum alongside their classical compute resources for hybrid classical High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Quantum Computing (QC) applications.
QBridge is a unique solution that is tightly integrated with Quantum Machines’ OPX, a classical-quantum controller. This integration empowers HPC users to tackle the complex task of improving performance from hybrid classical-quantum systems. For quantum computing researchers, it opens the door for programming advanced multi-qubit algorithms that require robust classical processing. This advancement is a key requirement and a major step towards achieving quantum advantage.
Simulator with Workbench: A Complete User Environment
ParTec’s quantum computing architecture combines the qubit-agnostic full-stack integration and QBridge with a digital twin of the physical customer system and a complete user environment for quantum computing on the classical system. For use cases where the customer prefers to run the user environment and the digital twin in the cloud instead of on-premises hardware, ParTec offers a Platform-as-a-Service solution in Amazon Web Service.
ParTec’s Vision for Quantum Computing
ParTec’s CEO, Bernhard Frohwitter, believes that their unique modular full-stack quantum solution will push the boundaries of what’s possible in the field of quantum computing. By simplifying its convergence with HPC and making it accessible to a large number of users, ParTec aims to benefit much faster workflows. The company’s EIGER product line provides a stable environment for tracking the evolution trajectory of quantum computing technology and unleashing its full potential at each stage.
ParTec’s tested and verified offer is expected to be available by the end of 2024. The company’s dynamic Modular System Architecture (dMSA) paradigm, developed over more than ten years of research, has proven particularly successful for the complex requirements of massive computing power in AI.
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