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On Tuesday, June 18, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) announced a major step forward in integrating classical high-performance computing (HPC) with the promise of quantum computing. Together with consortium partners IQM Quantum Computers, Eviden, and HQS Quantum Simulation, LRZ celebrated the successful installation of Q-Exa and its integration into the SuperMUC-NG, a Gauss Centre for Supercomputing financed system hosted at LRZ. SuperMUC-NG will join with a 20-qubit processor to form Q-Exa.

“We are currently building the future of Computing with Q-Exa,” said. Prof. Dieter Kranzlmüller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of LRZ. “Q-Exa is a key project for our Quantum Integration Centre at LRZ and demonstrates the success of using a co-design approach. Together with our partners, we were able to quickly and successfully integrate the first quantum computer technology into our supercomputer in the interest of empowering research at our center. We are excited to see how this hybrid system is deployed in our center’s day-to-day work and how we can continue to further develop this essential future technology at our center.”

The Q-Exa project began in 2022 and was funded with €40 million through the BMBF project “Quantum Computing Expansion for Exascale-HPC.”  Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Research and Education, Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts, and leadership from LRZ, Munich Quantum Valley, and IQM all gave statements to celebrate integrating one of the classical systems with the promise of quantum computing.

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