IQM Launches HPC Integration Service to Accelerate Hybrid Quantum-HPC Adoption
- IQM Radiance systems now operate as computational nodes inside HPC environments.
- The hybrid workflows are scheduled and managed alongside CPUs and GPUs by the same workload manager already operational in the world’s top supercomputing centers.
- The new HPC Integration Service reflects the company’s production quantum model – end-users own the hardware, run it on their infrastructure, and operate it under their control.
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IQM Radiance quantum computer (right) co-located with classical HPC infrastructure (left) in a data center environment.
Using this widely adopted HPC workflow, IQM aims at accelerating adoption of hybrid quantum-classical computing across enterprises and research institutions. Slurm is the open-source workload manager used by most of the world’s leading supercomputing centers for its scalability and flexibility.
The integration service makes quantum a scheduled resource alongside central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs), removing the integration work that has slowed adoption.
In addition, the service is built on IQM´s Quantum Device Management Interface (QDMI), an open-source standardization layer that simplifies the vendor-specific software interfaces that have fragmented quantum integration to date.
The new HPC Integration Service has been demonstrated in a paper on arXiv co-authored with researchers at the
“We have been hearing about an integration bottleneck from HPC customers for years,” said
Quantum computers have been deployed at customer sites for several years, but once installed, most of them have operated next to the HPC software stack rather than inside them. Every deployment required custom integration work that the next deployment could not reuse. The new HPC Integration Service unifies the software stack, allowing customers to focus on use-case execution.
The HPC Integration Service closes the gap by enabling users to submit quantum jobs through the same interface and scheduler they use for CPUs and GPUs. Researchers can run benchmarks across systems using tools they already know, while system teams keep their existing operating model.
“Our vision has always been the seamless integration of quantum computing into existing HPC environments, where users can run applications without concern for the underlying hardware. The Quantum Device Management Interface, as part of the Munich Quantum Software Stack, is a key step toward this goal. We are proud to see innovations developed within
IQM has on-premises systems operating at four of the world’s top 10 supercomputing centres and has sold more quantum systems than any other manufacturer. The company’s ambition is to be the foundation that customers build their quantum capability on.
In February, IQM announced plans to go public through a business combination with
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IQM Quantum Computers is the global leader in superconducting quantum computers, delivering full-stack quantum systems and cloud platform access to research institutions, universities, high-performance computing centers, and national laboratories worldwide. IQM's on-premises deployment model gives customers direct ownership and control of their quantum infrastructure. Founded in 2018, headquartered in
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