Oak Ridge National Laboratory is partnering with NVIDIA and HPE to advance quantum computing by integrating it with artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright emphasized the initiative’s national importance, stating, “Maintaining America’s leadership in high-performance computing requires us to build the bridge to the next era of computing,” according to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The collaboration centers on NVIDIA’s NVQLink and CUDA-Q tools to create hybrid quantum-classical systems within ORNL’s Frontier exascale environment by 2026. ORNL Director Stephen Streiffer noted, “Our partnerships at ORNL with NVIDIA and HPE usher in a new era of hybrid computing,” while Georgia Tourassi added, “We believe the future of scientific computing lies in finding ways to harmonize these three computing platforms and draw on the unique strengths of each approach,” as reported by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is developing a hybrid computing system that combines classical GPU/CPU power with quantum processors using NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q platform. The goal is to improve reliability in quantum computing, where qubits are prone to error. ORNL software engineer Amir Shehata said, “We’ll be able to run operations that help us leverage these platforms and look for strategies to make the best possible use of quantum and classical technology.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory and NVIDIA teams are testing the system at an HPE facility to build a stable platform for quantum error correction research. The project continues its collaboration with NVIDIA and HPE, which previously developed supercomputers like Titan and Summit, and now supports new work with Frontier.
