Today Atos announced the latest version of its Atos Quantum Learning Machine, featuring twice the power capacity and the ability to simulate physical Qubits. The Atos Quantum Learning Machine is “the first commercially available and ready-to-use quantum system, capable of simulating up to 41 Qubits.”
I am delighted to unveil the new version of the Atos QLM, now with a power of 41 Qubits,” said Thierry Breton, CEO and Chairman of Atos. “It also incorporates world-firsts in terms of simulating ‘quantum noise’ in order to make the simulation even more realistic. These advances – combined with our work to develop a quantum accelerator within five years – place Atos and its customers in an ideal position to take advantage of future digital revolutions.”
Just one year after its launch, the Atos Quantum Learning Machine has had a strong commercial success with universities, research laboratories and companies: at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in France (at the CEA and the University of Reims) in the Netherlands, in Germany and most recently at the University of Applied Sciences in Upper Austria.
New features for the machine include:
- Two times more powerful: now with the ability to simulate 41 Qubits, the Atos Quantum Learning Machine, which was already the most powerful simulator in the world with 40 Qubits, has now doubled in power. This version of the Atos Quantum Learning Machine is based on a new computer platform that delivers increased power and memory capabilities and is able to include accelerators which will augment power further.
- The integration of “quantum noise”: this latest version now has enhanced hardware modeling capabilities, including modeling “quantum noise”, which enables researchers to bring qubit simulation closer to reality. This major step has been recognized by the Atos Quantum Scientific Council as a significant breakthrough in the quantum computing research field.
Designed by Atos through its quantum laboratory, the first major quantum industry program in Europe launched in November 2016, the Atos Quantum Learning Machine enables researchers worldwide to run quantum simulations on premises, and to develop and validate their quantum algorithms for future quantum accelerators with real QPU (Quantum Processor Units).
Atos has already delivered a first copy of its new quantum simulator to the Austrian University FH Oberösterreich (Hagenberg), which will help professors and researchers at the Department of Secure Information Systems with the analysis and development of new algorithms needed to improve cryptographic processes.
