Nvidia's New Product Merges AI Supercomputing With Quantum (thequantuminsider.com) 14
NVIDIA has introduced NVQLink, an open system architecture that directly connects quantum processors with GPU-based supercomputers. The Quantum Insider reports: The new platform connects the high-speed, high-throughput performance of NVIDIA's GPU computing with quantum processing units (QPUs), allowing researchers to manage the intricate control and error-correction workloads required by quantum devices. According to a NVIDIA statement, the system was developed with guidance from researchers at major U.S. national laboratories including Brookhaven, Fermi, Lawrence Berkeley, Los Alamos, MIT Lincoln, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia.
Qubits, the basic units of quantum information, are extremely sensitive to noise and decoherence, making them prone to errors. Correcting and stabilizing these systems requires near-instantaneous feedback and coordination with classical processors. NVQLink is meant to meet that demand by providing an open, low-latency interconnect between quantum processors, control systems, and supercomputers -- effectively creating a unified environment for hybrid quantum applications.
The architecture offers a standardized, open approach to quantum integration, aligning with the company's CUDA-Q software platform to enable researchers to develop, test, and scale hybrid algorithms that draw simultaneously on CPUs, GPUs, and QPUs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) -- which oversees several of the participating laboratories -- framed NVQLink as part of a broader national effort to sustain leadership in high-performance computing, according to NVIDIA.
Qubits, the basic units of quantum information, are extremely sensitive to noise and decoherence, making them prone to errors. Correcting and stabilizing these systems requires near-instantaneous feedback and coordination with classical processors. NVQLink is meant to meet that demand by providing an open, low-latency interconnect between quantum processors, control systems, and supercomputers -- effectively creating a unified environment for hybrid quantum applications.
The architecture offers a standardized, open approach to quantum integration, aligning with the company's CUDA-Q software platform to enable researchers to develop, test, and scale hybrid algorithms that draw simultaneously on CPUs, GPUs, and QPUs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) -- which oversees several of the participating laboratories -- framed NVQLink as part of a broader national effort to sustain leadership in high-performance computing, according to NVIDIA.
Kind of lame (Score:5, Funny)
Really? Just quantum? The full buzzword compliance must include Blockchain and Crypto.
It is almost 2026 outside, ffs.
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This story seems quite unlikely, at least the version with a connection to quantum computing. The story goes that a quantum computer with enough low error qubits could crack most common (non quantum resistant) asymmetric cryptography using Shor's algorithm. Asymmetric cryptography is the foundation of online encryption: HTTPS, TLS, SSL, etc. Used by banking and all the rest. Someone with this capability could do an awful lot of damage. Given the difficulty of building quantum computers, it seems unlike
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Best comment in a long time on /.
+1 Funny
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AMD just announced a tie up with IBM to bring a commercial sheen to quantum computing, supposedly going to manufacture a chip that has improved error correction, so they can sell it to chumps who've heard QC is going to be big, and want to pour money down the drain.
NVidia is probably just doing a Microsoft-like announcement to chill the industry.
Ooooohhh, Nvidia, quantum, blockchain, blah blah, something, error correction, supercomputing!!
Super I
Ow ow ow (Score:3)
I think this sentence killed off a bunch of my brain cells...
Guys, stop it with the quantum stuff (Score:1)
You may not know, but slashdot's very own gweihir [slashdot.org] knew 35 years ago that quantum computing was a scam and doesn't need to read any papers on the topic.
From comment #65750784 [slashdot.org],
I have heard the empty promises of QCs for 35 years now and it was clear back then that this will likely never amount to anything. I don't care what they publish. Factor a 256 bit number on a QC and I may care again. Before that it is all just a scam.
So let's stop with the quantum stuff, ok? All those scientists and companies and investors are all wasting their time. They just failed to consult a long-time slashdot user for greater knowledge on the topic.
Re: Guys, stop it with the quantum stuff (Score:2)
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Whoooosssshhhh.....
Any good link to buy a quantom computer? (Score:2)
I feel like I'm missing out on this hype/
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I am willing to sell you an empty cardboard box for $1M and a claim that it is a great QC on top of that. Basically as powerful as any real-world QC out there, so you are getting a real bargain!
Great, more nonsense (Score:2)
Get a QC that is more powerful than my 40 year old BASIC programmable pocket calculator first. At the current pace, that is several centuries in the future.
NVIDIA can't handle competition (Score:2)
NVIDIA loves to be a monopoly player, to the point they run away from any sign of competition. First, it was normal "raster" graphics...and when AMD was showing signs of getting competitive, "ray tracing is the new big thing!", and then, we saw AMD showing signs of getting competitive in ray tracing performance, so then, "path tracing", and "AI". Now of course, AMD is showing signs that it's MI355 and the next generation, the MI400 series next year is going to be VERY competitive in performance, to the