If we’re talking about quantum computing, we’re talking about a completely different system. While in traditional computing the bit can be 1 or 0, in quantum computing it uses the qubit and can be 1 and 0 simultaneously, allowing problems to be solved that could not be achieved with traditional computing 1 or 0.
These types of computers are not accessible to everyone, in fact, not all countries have this type of equipment. In Europe we have a few who will be left far behind when Japan announces the availability of ABCI-Q, a quantum computer it is making in collaboration with NVIDIA.
New next generation quantum computer
As we can read in the Nikkei ASIA media, the National Institute of Science and Technology of Japan is working with NVIDIA to create a superior hybrid with capacity quantum computing intended for use by both businesses and researchers in the country.
This quantum computer, named ABCI-Q, will work in the cloud with the help of Artificial intelligence and where NVIDIA has a very important role, since it is the designer of the graphics that this team will implement.
The launch of this new equipment is planned for 2025, and the GPUs that NVIDIA will use are unknown, most likely it will be the model GB200 which corresponds to the tokens B200chip with 208 billion transistors and which consumes up to 25% less energy than the H100.
But NVIDIA’s role will not be limited to manufacturing the graphics hardware needed to carry out this project, but it will also collaborate in the development of quantum computing software that supports operation from the cloud.
This would be the first collaboration via NVIDIA software in this area, since collaborations with quantum computers that can be found in the UK and Germany have been limited exclusively to hardware.
At the moment we do not know the number of Qubits that this new team that NVIDIA is creating in collaboration with the National Institute of Science and Technology of Japan will be able to offer, but everything indicates that it will be much higher than what we can find in Germany. This is managed by a Falcon processor
Uses of a quantum computer
As we mentioned above, this quantum computer will be available on demand for both businesses and scientific researchers.
Companies can use it to, for example, optimize delivery routes of a fleet of trucks maximizing fuel consumption, reducing CO2 emissions and taking advantage of the maximum load level.
This type of computers is used in the development of battery components electric cars to optimize their lifespan, in the pharmaceutical industry to carry out tests at the molecular and power level create medicines most effective for all types of ailments and diseases.
It is also used in the aeronautical industry to establish more efficient and less environmentally polluting routes and in the development of stronger and lighter materials.
