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Ultra-high performance computing platform using superconducting quantum computer wins the Prime Minister’s Award, the highest award at the 53rd Japan Industrial Technology Awards
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A joint research group of RIKEN, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), National University Corporation Osaka University, Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu), and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) will Based on the development know-how of the first domestically produced 64-qubit superconducting quantum computer, which was released on the cloud in March, Fujitsu and RIKEN jointly developed it and released it for companies in October of the same year to promote its use in industrial research and development. The ultra-high performance computing platform (hereinafter referred to as this platform) using the second domestically produced 64-qubit superconducting quantum computer, which was released on the cloud in 2017, has recently won the 53rd Japan Industrial Technology Awards sponsored by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. received the highest award, the Prime Minister’s Award.
The Japan Industrial Technology Award recognizes companies and groups that have achieved remarkable results in the development and practical application of innovative large-scale industrial equipment and structures that were put into practical use in that year, as well as in the development and practical application of cutting-edge technology. It was established in 1972 to celebrate achievements that have contributed to the development of society and to encourage technological development. This is the 53rd time that the award is given to “achievements that bring together comprehensive
technology,” which is appropriate for today’s era of industrial sophistication and systemized technology.
The first domestically produced device was released under a joint research agreement between the six award-winning institutions for non-commercial use for the purpose of promoting and developing research and development in areas such as quantum computing. On the other hand, the second domestically produced machine, based on the technology of the first domestically produced machine, will be released on the cloud for industrial R&D use in 2021, practically two and a half years after RIKEN and Fujitsu established the RIKEN RQC-Fujitsu Collaboration Center. achieved. This shows that the original Japanese quantum technology accumulated in the first domestically produced machine was at a high level that could withstand the first step of industrial application in the second domestically produced machine. In particular, the superconducting quantum bit chip proposed by RIKEN employs a unique three-dimensional mounting layout that has the scalability to easily expand to 1,000 quantum bits while maintaining the current chip design. This is a feature. The second domestically produced device is provided as a hybrid quantum computing platform that is combined on the same cloud with Fujitsu’s 40-qubit quantum simulator, which is one of the largest in the world (Note 1). This platform implements a scalable cloud architecture that allows seamless operation of both quantum computers and quantum simulators on the cloud, with an eye toward collaboration with various companies.
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The second domestically produced superconducting quantum computer This year, the 53rd Japan Industrial Technology Awards will award awards for their high level of technological ability (originality and innovation), for taking the first step toward industrializing quantum computers based on Japan’s unique quantum technology, and for quantum computing. The company was highly praised for its efforts to combine quantum simulators and provide them to joint research partner companies to expand the search for practical quantum applications in various fields such as materials, finance, and drug discovery. In the future, it is expected that this platform will be used to advance research and development of quantum applications and accelerate the practical application of quantum computers from both the hardware and software aspects.
The six parties will continue to leverage their respective strengths to promote the social implementation of quantum computing.
【Related Links】
・October 5, 2023 press release “Developing a superconducting quantum computer and providing a platform that can be linked with a quantum simulator”
(https://pr.fujitsu.com/jp/news/2023/10/5.html)
・Press release on March 24, 2023: “The launch of a quantum computing cloud service that allows the use of quantum computers”
(https://pr.fujitsu.com/jp/news/2023/03/24.html)
・April 1, 2021 Press release “RIKEN and Fujitsu establish
collaborative center for practical application of superconducting quantum computers”
(https://pr.fujitsu.com/jp/news/2021/04/1.html)
【supplementary explanation】
Note 1
World’s largest: One of the world’s largest permanent dedicated machines for the State Vector method, a general-purpose quantum circuit simulation method (as of March 2024, according to Fujitsu research)
[Research support]
This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Optical and Quantum Leap Flagship Program (Q-LEAP) “Research and development of superconducting quantum computers (Research representative: Yasunobu Nakamura) (Grant No. JPMXS0118068682) .
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