The European Quantum Computer Project OpenSuperQ Is Extended
Congratulations from the Information Research Information: The OpenSuperQPlus was launched at the beginning of March. The project OpenSuperQPlus – part of the European Quantum Technology Flagship – gets underway. It is continuing and enhancing the project OpenSuperQ and brings together most of its team with new partners – including the key partners of the national initiatives of the Netherlands, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Sweden, full-stack quantum computing startups and many other key players in the field. The large-scale follow-up project coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich involves a total of 28 partners from 10 countries. (Source: Forschungszentrum Jülich – Press Releases)
This team has formed a framework partnership and put forward an ambitious seven year agenda ultimately leading to a 1,000 qubit quantum computing system. The consortium is now launching its first stage OpenSuperQPlus 100 that on the one hand aims at developing several systems for evaluating hard- and software as well as a user-oriented 100 qubit system for first quantum applications within the next 3.5 years. With regard to the second stage it will also look at the critical components and technological decisions needed for the 1,000 qubit quantum computing system.
OpenSuperQPlus (Open Superconducting Quantum Computers) is funded by the European Union with 20 million euros from a specific quantum grant within the Horizon Europe framework programme. This budget goes a long way through synergies with local and national initiatives. “We are bringing together European specialists for all the components of such a quantum computing system under a unified framework – be they in the public or private sector. The technological challenge of beating errors in quantum computers and scaling them up needs all hands on deck from the outstanding quantum ecosystem in Europe“, says coordinator Frank Wilhelm-Mauch of Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Like its predecessor project OpenSuperQ, the project’s continuation within the framework of OpenSuperQPlus aims at a versatile quantum computer made in Europe. The consortium anticipates special use cases in quantum simulation for the chemical industry, materials science or in solving optimisation problems and in machine learning.
FZJ/T. Schlößer, 01.03.2023
The original press release can be found at:
The European Quantum Computer Project OpenSuperQ Is Extended
Localization in the Helmholtz Research Field Information:
Helmholtz Research Field Information, Program 2: Natural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing, Topic 2: Quantum Computing
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch
Peter Grünberg Institut
Institute for Quantum Computing Analytics (PGI-12)
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phone: +49 2461 61-6106
E-Mail: f.wilhelm-mauch@fz-juelich.de
Contact for this press release:
Tobias Schlößer
Press Officer
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Phone: +49 2461 61-4771
E-Mail: t.schloesser@fz-juelich.de
