NVIDIA is working with a company called Quantum Machines on their first system that will couple GPUs with Quantum Computing.
NVIDIA is one of the biggest companies in tech right now. They are a leading GPU maker offering state-of-the-art technology for gamers and professional studios. And now it seems they are trying to break into the quantum computing field by partnering with Quantum Machines.
Their first product together is called the NVIDIA DGX Quantum, which uses the NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip and the CUDA Quantum programming model. This all comes together with the help of the world’s most advanced quantum control platform called OPX, which Quantum Machines make.
The Grace Hopper chip is custom-made to work with huge AI and HPC applications requiring vast computing power. To put it into numbers, this chip offers 10x better performance when working with terabytes of data. All of this could enable researchers in multiple fields the power to solve some complex problems that were unimaginable in the past. Working alongside this, there is the OPX+ quantum control system. This integrates regular computing engines with quantum computing stacks to offer new possibilities in quantum algorithms. This combined solution can provide computing power, starting with a few qubits all the way to the needs of quantum supercomputers.
Since this is an entirely innovative technology, to help developers, the DGX Quantum will also offer the NVIDIA CUDA Quantum, an open-source software stack. This will enable the integration and programming of QPUs, GPUs, and CPUs into a single system. If you want to know more about this breakthrough technology, you can watch NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang talk about it right here.
