RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) has announced it has deployed Qedma‘s quantum error mitigation software QESEM on-premises. The software has already been integrated with ibm_kobe – the name of RIKEN’s quantum computer IBM Quantum System Two – as well as Fugaku, one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
According to RIKEN’s announcement, Qedma and RIKEN “are pushing the limits of what’s possible on today’s quantum hardware by executing some of the most challenging quantum circuits accessible with current-day devices, such as ibm_kobe”.
“We benchmark these results by comparing them with state-of-the-art classical simulations on one of the worldʼs largest supercomputers at R-CCS. These simulations operate at an extraordinary scale, struggling to converge as circuit complexity increases, despite leveraging massive classical computing resources to compete with the performance of a single quantum processor,” said the announcement.
This integration is part of a project commissioned by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), under Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The current research, “Research and Development of a Quantum-Supercomputer Hybrid Platform for Expanding Computational Frontiers,” is part of the “Project for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information and Communications Systems.”
