Happy April Fool’s Day Eve to you! Here’s a quick (8:42) review of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: AMD MI355X to debut with a 30,000-GPU Oracle cluster, in the face of U.S. trade policy, ASML to open repair hub in China, EuroHPC-JU’s ….
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Pasqal Selected for 140-Qubit Quantum Computer to Be Hosted at CINECA
March 27, 2025 — Pasqal, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, announced the signing of the procurement contract with the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) to deliver EuroQCS-Italy, a quantum computer to be hosted in Italy. Owned by the EuroHPC JU, the processor will be hosted and operated by CINECA in Bologna, Italy and integrated […]
Pasqal Quantum Available on Azure
Paris – March 13, 2025 – Pasqal, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, today announced an integration with Microsoft’s services for cloud-based access to Pasqal’s technology. Microsoft Azure Quantum cloud service customers can now leverage Pasqal’s quantum computer, which uses neutral-atom technology and offers a range of analog quantum computational capabilities to solve complex computing issues. The demand […]
Pasqal 100-Qubit Quantum Computer Shipped to Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Dec. 2, 2024 — The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany received a 100-qubit quantum computer from neutral atom quantum computing company Pasqal in mid-November.
IBM and Pasqal Expand Quantum-Centric Supercomputing Initiative
Yorktown Heights, New York, and Paris, Nov. 21, 2024 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Pasqal today announced an update to their intended collaboration to build new, integrated frameworks for quantum-centric supercomputing with Qiskit quantum software. The two companies will soon begin developing a unified programming model to facilitate seamless interoperability across different types of quantum computing hardware. […]
Pasqal Delivers 100+ Qubit Quantum Processing Unit to GENCI and CEA
Paris, June 19, 2024 – A 100+ qubit quantum processing unit (QPU), acquired by GENCI (Grand Équipement National de Calcul Intensif), was delivered at TGCC, the CEA computing centre, the three organizations have announced. As the first QPU to be delivered to a third party by Pasqal, a neutral atom quantum computing company, is part of the High-Performance […]
Pasqal Signs Quantum Computing Agreement with Aramco
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2024 – Energy and chemicals company Aramco has signed an agreement with neutral atom quantum computing company Pasqal to install what the companies said is the first quantum computer in Saudi Arabia. Pasqal will install, maintain and operate a 200-qubit quantum computer, which is scheduled for deployment in the second […]
Pasqal and Welinq Partner to Develop Quantum Interconnects
Paris – April 23, 2024 – Neutral atom quantum computing company Pasqal and Welinq, a quantum networking company, today announced a partnership intended to to address challenging problems in neutral atom quantum computing. The companies said the next-generation Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) are expected to execute quantum algorithms relying on a large number of qubits, while […]
Quantum: PASQAL Announces New Chairman, Deputy CEO
PARIS – February 13, 2024 — PASQAL, a company focused on neutral atoms quantum computing, today announced the appointment of Wasiq Bokhari as chairman of its board of directors, the promotion of Loïc Henriet to Deputy CEO and the creation of separate hardware and software divisions. With over 20 years of entrepreneurial, investment and corporate […]
PASQAL Partners with Mila for Generative Modeling in Quantum AI
Sherbrooke, Quebec, January 11, 2024 — AI research institute Mila announ ced a partnership with neutral atom quantum computing company PASQAL to exploratore enhancing generative modeling with quantum computing benchmarking and coupling with tensor networks. Adding to Mila’s community of nearly a dozen partners in the quantum space, this collaboration also aims to gather a […]








