Europe’s First Annealing Quantum Computer with More Than 5,000 Qubits Launched at Jülich
Official launch marks a milestone in the development of quantum computing in Europe
A quantum annealer with more than 5,000 qubits has been put into operation at Forschungszentrum Jülich, a member of the Helmholtz Research Field Information. The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) and D-Wave Systems, a leading provider of quantum computing systems, today launched the company’s first cloud-based quantum service outside North America. The new system is located at Jülich and will work closely with the supercomputers at JSC in future. The annealing quantum computer is part of the Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing (JUNIQ), which was established in autumn 2019 to provide researchers in Germany and Europe with access to various quantum systems. Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Hendrik Wüst, and European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel officially put the system into operation during a ceremony held today, at which they highlighted the importance of collaboration in the development of practical quantum applications across industry sectors and research fields. The state government of NRW and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) are each providing € 5 million in funding to support the establishment of JUNIQ. (Quelle: Forschungszentrum Jülich – Press Releases)
The complete press release can be found using the following link:
Europe’s First Quantum Computer with More Than 5,000 Qubits Launched at Jülich
Localization in the Helmholtz Research Field Information:
Helmholtz Research Field Information, Program 1: Engineering Digital Futures, Topic 1: Enabling Computational- & Data-Intensive Science and Engineering
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Kirstel Michielsen
Head of the Quantum Information Processing group at JSC
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phone: +49 2461/61-2524
E-Mail: k.michielsen@fz-juelich.de
Contact for this press release:
Dr. Regine Panknin
Press Officer
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phone: +49 2461 61-9054
E-Mail: r.panknin@fz-juelich.de
