Rikken Taps Qunasys for Quantum-Supercomputer Hybrid Platform
Rikken is integrating Qunasys's QURI SDK Enterprise into its project to link its supercomputer, Fugaku, with quantum chips from IBM and Quantinuum. This integration will create a hybrid platform allowing users to access quantum devices directly from Fugaku's compute nodes.
The QURI SDK Enterprise includes libraries like QSCI and ADAPT-QSCI that target applications in quantum chemistry, materials science, and CAE, aiming to enable practical uses in the future. Comprehensive documentation, sample code, and toolchains will allow researchers to begin development quickly.
This integration extends beyond Fugaku, with QURI SDK Enterprise also supporting JHPC-quantum's ROQUO cluster, an NVIDIA GB200 NVL4-based system. Qunasys intends to expand this environment incrementally towards utility-scale quantum-HPC hybrid computing and will continue to collaborate with Rikken.