Qstone benchmarks the combination of quantum computers and HPC
Riverlane in Cambridge is working with Rigetti on a project led by the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to integrate a quantum computer with a large-scale supercomputing centre.
The project will assess the viability of integrating quantum computers into hybrid HPC environments, on-site or remotely, by building the first-ever benchmarking suite, to be called ‘QStone’.
The Qstone benchmark will run on ORNL’s Summit, the fifth fastest supercomputer in the world alongside simulated hardware based on key elements of Riverlane’s quantum error correction stack. The qubit control system is already installed at the ORNL labs and will be linked with quantum computer hardware at Rigetti’s headquarters in California.
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ORNL has a team of researchers and a network of commercial, academic and government partnerships. The research covers various research efforts from developing and benchmarking scalable, fault-tolerant algorithms to designing quantum sensors.
Riverlane, Rigetti and ORNL will publish the results of the project, sharing the key learnings about interoperability issues and performance from interfacing early quantum devices with HPC-infrastructure. This will include key learnings about whether quantum computers should be installed on-site or can be successfully used through remote access.
“This project aims to move us ahead in making quantum computing devices both more practical in general and more interoperable with HPC systems. The benchmarking will help us explore and identify early challenges associated with such integration which will benefit future research in this space. We are proud to be part of this exciting initiative and understand more about how our quantum error correction stack can work in tandem with a world-leading supercomputing centre,” said Marco Ghibaudi, Riverlane VP of Engineering.
“Integrating quantum processors with modern HPC is an important next step in the evolution of both quantum computing and HPC. Collaborating with ORNL and Riverlane to develop and test the integration of Rigetti quantum hardware into ORNL’s HPC systems could move us significantly closer to the deployment of the first quantum-enabled supercomputer,” said Dr. Subodh Kulkarni, Rigetti CEO.
www.riverlane.com; www.rigetti.com
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