AMD joins IBM and ORNL to advance quantum computing

The collaboration will integrate IBM quantum processors with an AMD-powered HPC system to explore quantum error correction at scale.

The future of quantum computing will depend on bringing quantum and classical computing together at unprecedented scale.

IBM brings quantum computing technology, ORNL brings its scientific research and computing environment, and AMD brings the classical computing technologies and open software to connect quantum processing with scientific workloads.

The first deployment brings together IBM quantum computers, including the 120-qubit IBM Quantum Nighthawk, and the Umbra HPC system, powered by AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct GPUs, in a colocated environment.

For AMD, the work reflects a foundational principle: Advances in quantum computing depend on progress in classical computing.