ORIENTOM, a quantum algorithm development company, signed electronically with NVIDIA for collaboration on the development of the quantum computer platform CUDA Quantum on February 29th.
NVIDIA possesses CUDA Quantum, an integrated quantum computing platform aimed at accelerating innovation of quantum research and development across industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), healthcare, finance, and others. At NVIDIA’s GPU technology conference held at SAP Center in the United States, they recently unveiled the “Blackwell” architecture following the “Hopper” architecture and garnered attention.
ORIENTOM stated, “We are seeking opportunities to utilize the CUDA Quantum, an open-source hybrid quantum computing platform, and the NVIDIA cuQuantum SDK, which consists of optimized libraries and tools for accelerating quantum computing workflows.” They also said, “For the development of hybrid quantum-classical applications, we are adopting CUDA Quantum with cuQuantum as the simulation backend, and are driving domestic and international collaborative research projects for the application of quantum computing use cases related to finance, climate prediction, transportation, and other areas.”
Alfred Bang, CEO of ORIENTOM, said, “The NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip, which combines the NVIDIA Grace CPU and Hopper GPU architecture, will provide the best performance to execute high-fidelity, scalable quantum simulations on accelerators and to interface with future quantum hardware infrastructure seamlessly.” He added, “We are proud to collaborate with NVIDIA, a true market leader in the field, to accelerate the realization of useful quantum computers.”
Mr. Bang addressed, “High-performance quantum simulation is essential for addressing the greatest challenges of quantum computing, from algorithm discovery and device design to error correction, calibration, and control.” He added, “CUDA Quantum, together with the NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip, provides a platform that enables quantum startups like ORIENTOM to achieve innovation and accelerate the timeline for developing useful quantum algorithms.”
According to ORIENTOM, hardware companies partnering with NVIDIA to integrate CUDA Quantum into their platforms are Anyon Systems, Atom Computing, IonQ, ORCA Computing, Oxford Quantum Circuits, and QuEra. Quantum software companies like Agnostiq and QMware, and supercomputing centers such as the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan, the IT Center for Science in Finland, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in the United States are among those using NVIDIA platforms.
ORIENTOM is a startup developing application software to make quantum computing more accessible. They are developing and integrating various financial algorithms such as portfolio optimization into financial platforms and are also working on developing urban traffic distribution algorithms and climate prediction algorithms. Additionally, they are developing middleware that can connect application algorithm platforms to any type of hardware, such as superconducting or ion-trap systems. Their foreign partners include PASQAL in France, QuEra in the United States, and Quantum Machines in Israel.