NVIDIA (NVDA) researchers have carried out what they describe as a record-breaking fault-tolerant quantum simulation on Europe's largest supercomputer, Jupiter.
The simulation ran on NVIDIA's GH200 GPU. The 104-qubit simulation used 90% fewer physical qubits than previous attempts. NVIDIA said the achievement could ultimately advance research in areas such as drug discovery, financial modeling and materials science.
NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang said: "Practical quantum computing will require extremely complex fault-tolerant systems, and understanding how these systems perform at scale is essential to building them. Our results at Jülich demonstrate how quantum processors and GPU supercomputers can work together to solve previously unattainable research problems and accelerate the discovery of transformative quantum applications."
The Jupiter supercomputer is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. Kristel Michielsen, director of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich, said: "Europe's investment in Jupiter has given researchers the ability to explore problems that were previously out of reach. By working with NVIDIA, we are extending that capability into quantum computing, helping scientists make more informed judgments about the designs most likely to achieve practical applications."
Research institutions, government agencies and companies around the world are trying to develop fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. Earlier this month, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected IBM (IBM) and IonQ (IONQ) to lead the next phase of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, with the ultimate goal of developing a fault-tolerant quantum computer. IBM is expected to deliver its first fault-tolerant quantum computing system by the end of 2029.
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