SEEQC System Red Successfully Runs HQS Quantum Simulation Algorithm

Insider Summary

• SEEQC and HQS Quantum Simulations report successfully running the algorithm on SEEQC System Red.
• The company says this shows great potential to achieve commercially useful quantum gains in the near future.
• This algorithm is designed to accelerate the commercial roadmap in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

PERS CONFERENCE – SEEQC, digital Quantum Computing Company, announced with HQS Quantum Simulations that they have successfully run the algorithm on SEEQC System Red, the company’s full-stack quantum computing system, which demonstrates great potential to achieve commercially useful quantum superiority in the near future. SEEQC’s high-quality system characterization has allowed HQS Quantum Simulations to test, for the first time on real hardware, their unique approach to performing quantum simulations on noisy quantum computers. This is a critical third-party validation for SEEQC and proof of the performance of the commercially stable, high-quality SEEQC Red platform — the company’s first-generation reference-class quantum computer system.

HQS Quantum Simulations develops algorithms for quantum computers designed to accelerate commercial roadmaps in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The developed HQS algorithm, once scaled has the potential to provide quantum gains for commercial simulations in various industries. IBM recently demonstrated that quantum simulation can achieve useful quantum advantages on short-term gate-based quantum computers, and that solving the spin problem is a valuable step toward serious quantum algorithmic design. HQS has a unique way of simulating spin systems on a noisy quantum computer that relies on a good characterization of the available noise models with high stability and quality in SEEQC Red. Running the HQS algorithm proves that the SEEQC Red system has a stable and well-characterized noise model with coherence-limited performance. It is ideal for running short-term algorithms and taking advantage of noise mitigation methods.

“The most promising application for quantum computers is the calculation of material and molecular properties. SEEQC provides the fastest gate speed available which makes it ideal for material property calculations,” said Dr. Michael Marthaler, chief executive officer at HQS. “With the additional integration of the SFQ SEEQC logic chip with low latency control, readout, and a classical quantum interface, the entire system will become faster enabling more throughput with unique precision.”

In order for HQS to run its algorithms efficiently – and as demonstrated in a recent IBM announcement – ​​fast gateway speeds and a low latency quantum classical interface are important requirements to achieve. quantum gain. SEEQC Red was designed specifically for fast gate speeds and SEEQC’s next generation systems will deliver faster compute speeds through fast, low latency digital readout and control. HQS is focused on future applications in various industries. Calculating the properties of materials using a quantum computer requires measuring the average quantity, which means running the calculation multiple times. Therefore the overall speed of each individual application of an algorithm is important.

The SEEQC Red architecture mimics current generation superconducting quantum computing systems with conventional room temperature analog control and readout. SEEQC Red’s architecture is optimized to achieve industry-leading 2-qubit gate speeds, and the company has achieved this with an average 2-qubit gate speed of 39ns and an average gate fidelity of 98.4%, among the best publicly available quantum systems operating on the cloud.

“Running the HQS algorithm on SEEQC Red is an important third-party validation commercial readiness of our full-stack platform,” said Matthew Hutchings, chief product officer at SEEQC. “This proves our platform has the quality and speed to deliver today’s useful application performance. By integrating our digital chips into next-generation systems, we are in a unique position to deliver systems with the scale and performance needed to unlock commercial quantum gain for the HQS algorithm.”

SEEQC Red is currently available to existing customers and partners, including Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and latest partnership with BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. Previously, Merck has forged strategic partnerships with both companies, including investing in Seeqc through the corporate venture capital fund M Ventures, and awarding research grants to HQS. SEEQC is on track to deploy its technology in testing and data centers through public and private partnerships worldwide.