Finland connects a quantum computer to a supercomputer | TechTarget
Summary
Finnish research and technology organisation VTT last month announced a milestone when, in collaboration with CSC – IT Center for Science and Aalto University, it connected the quantum computer HELMI with the pan-European supercomputer LUM. Hosted by CSC – IT Center for Science, LUMI ranks third in the latest Top 500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. On the other hand, supercomputers could help optimise quantum algorithms and they can post process measurement data to mitigate errors in the computation. This is not trivial and requires thorough understanding of the problem and formulation of new algorithms to divide computational tasks into quantum and classical parts optimally.” The recent move to connect HELMI to LUMI was carried out to support researchers in the short term. Users from Finnish universities and research organisations will now be granted access to the new infrastructure to experiment with quantum computing.