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Partnership to boost algorithmic performance on quantum hardware

Partnership to boost algorithmic performance on quantum hardware

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By Jean-Pierre Joosting



Q-CTRL has announced a partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), demonstrating huge gains in quantum hardware performance when running complex algorithms.

Leveraging hardware form OQC with software from Q-CTRL, the collaboration aims to improve algorithmic performance for quantum developers, researchers, and enterprise end-users by helping them to solve complex problems that were previously infeasible.

Q-CTRL’s error suppression software enables users to get the best possible results from hardware when running quantum algorithms by reducing hardware error and instability. When combined with OQC’s innovative Coaxmon technology, users get improved algorithmic performance, enabling them to run more complex algorithms geared toward solving challenging problems in fields such as chemistry, finance, and manufacturing.

Q-CTRL and OQC enhanced circuit depth.

Q-CTRL and OQC enhanced circuit depth.

“OQC is one of the best hardware players out there with a track record of delivering real computational capability on very rapid timescales,” said Michael J. Biercuk, CEO and Founder of Q-CTRL. “We see new opportunities opening by focusing on how our infrastructure software can help push their hardware to the absolute limits.”

Quantum computers are extremely susceptible to errors caused by interference in the environment. These errors accumulate and lead the algorithms run on such computers to fail, preventing end-users from achieving the insights they’re seeking.

By suppressing errors on OQC’s inherently scalable superconducting hardware, the partnership will push the boundaries on the types of algorithms that can be solved with real devices. Initial algorithmic benchmarking results, employing only a sample subset of Q-CTRL’s error suppression technology on OQC hardware, demonstrate vast improvements in accuracy and achievable circuit depth. The factor of performance improvement increased with qubit count, even when addressing complex algorithms with inherently higher numbers of gates, such as the Quantum Fourier Transform (QFT).

Q-CTRL benchmarking results show algorithmic advantage on OQC Lucy, with over 140 times improved probability of achieving success with the Berstein–Vazirani algorithm.

With offices in Oxford, both companies are keen to expand performance benchmarking of the technology integration to inform users of what’s possible for their applications through this integration.

The partnership demonstrates the value of collaboration across various domains of expertise to move the entire industry forward toward quantum advantage. This approach is part of a global effort to deliver “frictionless” performance from today’s quantum computers by seamlessly combining the best contributions from a diverse range of specialist performers. OQC’s uniquely innovative and scalable hardware and Q-CTRL’s industry-leading performance-management solutions form the foundation for additional future partners to contribute new simplified workflows and high-impact algorithms.

“This partnership marks the initial phase of a broader collaboration encompassing diverse companies within the quantum ecosystem. We are working with Q-CTRL on this project phase to demonstrate the need for different teams and specialities to come together to democratise quantum computing and enable previously out-of-reach outcomes,” said Dr. Ilana Wisby, CEO at Oxford Quantum Circuits.

“Quantum technology is a core component of the trilateral AUKUS framework, and this cross-border partnership is an ideal example of how by working together we can reap greater benefits,” said Louise Cantillon, British Consul General and Deputy Trade Commissioner Asia Pacific (Australia and New Zealand).  “The UK government welcomes Q-CTRL’s expansion in the UK and to ensure that this partnership delivers true strategic advantage for our nations.”

Picture (Top): Patented Coaxmon technology has a three-dimensional architecture that brings key componentry off-chip for vastly increased simplicity, flexibility, engineerability and scalability. Image credit Krantz NanoArt.

https://q-ctrl.com
https://oxfordquantumcircuits.com

 

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