{"id":194906,"date":"2025-09-02T19:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/194906\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:41:09","slug":"quantum-brilliance-ornl-pioneer-quantum-classical-hybrid-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/194906\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Brilliance, ORNL Pioneer Quantum-Classical Hybrid Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sept. 2, 2025 \u2014\u00a0The Department of Energy\u2019s Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/a>, in partnership with technology company Quantum Brilliance<\/a>, has made the first big steps in the advance of quantum computers for scientific discovery with the installation of a Quantum Brilliance computer system at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. Lab staff will use ORNL\u2019s first on-site, commercial quantum computer cluster to explore ways to integrate this emerging technology into classical high-performance computing infrastructures and tap its potential for massive computational power gains.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>ORNL\u2019s first on-site, commercial quantum computer cluster will be used by OLCF staff to explore ways to integrate this emerging technology into classical high-performance computing ecosystems. Here, the team of ORNL and Quantum Brilliance employees pose with the assembled system, from left: Jim Rogers, Mallikarjun Shankar, Mariam Akhtar, Leigh Cameron, Reuben Singer, Lachlan Whichello, Simon Gemmell, Marcus Doherty, Sai Meghana Tunikipati, Andreas Sawadsky, Travis Humble, Josh Cunningham. Credit: Carlos Jones\/ORNL.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy hosting a Quantum Brilliance system on site, we\u2019ll be maturing the real mechanics of hybrid computing \u2014 co\u2011scheduling, end\u2011to\u2011end performance tuning, data and workflow orchestration, workforce development and more \u2014 so we can eventually move HPC-quantum integration from a conceptual pilot to a fully embedded capability within leadership computing,\u201d said OLCF Program Director Ashley Barker of ORNL. \u201cLeveraging the potential power of quantum computing in a hybrid ecosystem is important to the nation and aligns with ORNL\u2019s mission of boosting innovation, energy, competitiveness and national security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quantum computing \u2014 a technology still in its formative stages compared to classical supercomputers such as the OLCF\u2019s exascale-class Frontier \u2014 utilizes quantum bits, or qubits, to perform calculations. Unlike binary bits used by classical computers, qubits don\u2019t use 1s and 0s to encode information. Rather, they use a quantum superposition to exponentially increase processing power for certain kinds of problems, including quantum mechanics. Last year, the OLCF published<\/a> a paper in Future Generation Computing Systems proposing a framework to integrate quantum and classical computing, reflecting its commitment to hybrid computing research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis hybrid system provides ORNL researchers with a new platform to explore advanced computing methods, including parallelized quantum algorithms, that support tight integration with HPC systems. Our research into quantum-HPC integration is a fundamental part of the lab strategy to realize the next-generation of leadership-class computing systems,\u201d said Travis Humble, director of the DOE\u2019s Quantum Science Center, also located at ORNL.<\/p>\n

Quantum Brilliance is based in Australia and Germany and specializes in the design, fabrication and manufacturing of small, ruggedized quantum devices. The company\u2019s quantum system is a hybrid full-stack platform that integrates a quantum processing unit, or QPU, alongside graphics processing unit, or GPU, and CPU components, allowing it to support parallel and hybrid quantum-classical workflows.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur collaboration with ORNL marks a significant milestone for Quantum Brilliance and the future of quantum computing and is the result of years of close collaboration with Travis Humble and the incredible team at ORNL. Together, we are working towards the vision of integrating our GPU-sized diamond quantum systems with ORNL\u2019s world-class HPC infrastructure,\u201d said Quantum Brilliance CEO Mark Luo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis effort demonstrates what is possible and paves the way for large-scale deployments globally, with hundreds of thousands, potentially millions, of systems. This is about so much more than just hardware \u2014 it is about building a future where quantum and classical systems collaborate on an unprecedented scale,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Installed in the OLCF\u2019s Advanced Computing Ecosystem testbed \u2014 a data center sandbox for experimenting with new computer technologies \u2014 the cluster of three Quantum Development Kits, or QDKs, features three parallelized QPUs for a total of six qubits. Although most current quantum computer systems are prone to high error rates, with physically large architectures that require extreme cooling to retain quantum coherence, the diamond-based QPUs used by Quantum Brilliance operate at room temperature in a relatively small package.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost qubit technologies are vulnerable to decoherence caused by heat and electromagnetic noise, which is why most of them require cryogenic temperatures or complicated laser and vacuum systems to keep the qubits stable. In our case, the use of diamond as a host material changes the equation entirely,\u201d said Andreas Sawadsky, Quantum Brilliance\u2019s technology and innovation manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiamond is extremely hard, so even at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, there isn\u2019t sufficient thermal energy to generate the vibrations that would typically disrupt qubit coherence,\u201d he added. \u201cThis intrinsic stability allows our QPUs to function without the complexity and cost of cryogenics, laser and vacuum systems. This allowed us to engineer a revolutionary QPU solution that operates efficiently at room temperature while dramatically reducing size, weight and power consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its collaboration with the OLCF, Quantum Brilliance ultimately seeks to explore a future in HPC when QPUs can be used to accelerate certain tasks just as GPUs do today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect the OLCF will use our system to test different architectures and methods for hybrid and parallel quantum computing, including demonstrating applications in computational chemistry and machine learning that benefit from parallelization,\u201d said Quantum Brilliance Chief Technology Officer Dr. Marcus Doherty. \u201cThis collaboration will help inform the engineering pathway to the future of HPC where there are hundreds of parallel quantum computers integrated with classical computers.\u201d<\/p>\n

With operations in Australia and Germany, Quantum Brilliance\u2019s mission is to enable the mass deployment of quantum technology, facilitating its integration into everyday devices and high-performance computing systems. Quantum Brilliance has attracted world-leading scientific and commercial talent in Australia and Europe. Its international partnerships extend into North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific, and include governments, supercomputing centers, research organizations, and industry partners.<\/p>\n

UT-Battelle manages ORNL for DOE\u2019s Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. DOE\u2019s Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit energy.gov\/science.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a>: Coury Turczyn, ORNL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 2, 2025 \u2014\u00a0The Department of Energy\u2019s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with technology company Quantum Brilliance,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[745,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-194906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115136409570285151","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}