A planned Nvidia-powered supercomputer in Japan will be getting a quantum computer as a roommate. The supercomputer, dubbed ABCI-Q, will be constructed by Fujitsu for Japans National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). It will be powered by more than 2,000 Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs in over 500 nodes interconnected by Nvidias Quantum-2 InfiniBand technology.

The Nvidia ABCI-Q supercomputer being built for an advanced research agency in Japan will now have a quantum computer deployed alongside it. This integration is designed to leverage the power of both classical supercomputing and quantum computing. The collaboration with QuEra Computing, a Boston area start-up, adds an exciting dimension to the project. QuEra will install its quantum computer on-site with ABCI-Q in 2025, with the systems linked by Nvidias CUDA-Q software, designed specifically to support hybrid classical-quantum integration.

Nvidia supercomputer in Japan will be joined by quantum computer