Helios launches at Amgen, BMW Group, JPMorganChase and SoftBank Corp.
/PRNewswire/ — Quantinuum, the global leader in quantum computing, today announced the launch of Helios, the world’s most accurate general-purpose commercial quantum computer, designed to accelerate enterprise adoption of quantum computing. With the highest fidelity†of all commercial systems and a first-of-its-kind real-time control engine, Helios allows developers to program a quantum computer in the same way they program heterogeneous classical computers. A new modern programming language based on Python, called Guppy, allows developers to combine hybrid computing capabilities (quantum and classical) within a single program. Helios is now available to customers through Quantinuum’s cloud service and on-premises offering.
“The next IT inflection point begins today,” said Rajeeb Hazra, president and CEO of Quantinuum. “For the first time, businesses can access a highly precise general-purpose quantum computer to make a real impact, transforming the way industries innovate, from drug discovery to finance to advanced materials. »
Helios enables generative AI models to be enhanced using quantum-generated data, unlocking the full potential of AI in areas such as data analytics, materials design and quantum chemistry. To accelerate generative quantum AI, Quantinuum is expanding its partnership with NVIDIA, integrating the NVIDIA GB200 with Helios via NVIDIA NVQLink to create applications for targeted end markets. Additionally, Quantinuum will transition to NVIDIA’s accelerated computing for Helios and future systems, using Quantinuum Guppy with the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform to perform the real-time error correction critical to its roadmap.
Quantinuum announced a growing community of early adopters and collaborators, including leaders in the life sciences, materials and energy industries:
- Amgen: Investor and research collaborator exploring hybrid quantum-machine learning to advance data-driven discovery in biologics.
- BlueQubit: AI image recognition using real-world driving video data.
- BMW Group: promotion of sustainable mobility through research into fuel cell catalyst materials.
- JPMorganChase: search for potential capabilities for advanced financial analysis.
- SoftBank Corp.: exploration of organic materials for next-generation batteries, optical switches and solar cells.
Today, Quantinuum also signed a strategic partnership agreement with the National Quantum Office (NQO) and the National Quantum Computing Hub (NQCH) of Singapore which includes access to Helios in the country to accelerate commercial applications of quantum computing in the areas of computational biology and bioinformatics, financial modeling and optimization, advanced materials and chemistry, and combinatorial optimization. To support this strategic partnership, Quantinuum is establishing a world-class R&D and operations center in Singapore.
Finally, as part of its strategy to expand the commercial reach of quantum computing, Quantinuum is introducing two new ecosystem programs. Q-Net, a new user group, will serve as a forum for customer feedback and collaboration, while a new startup partner program will invite developers to build and scale third-party applications on Helios.
A blog post with more details on Helios can be found here. Visual supports and scientific documents can be downloaded here.
† Fidélité: In quantum computing, the fidélité is a measure that determines the accuracy of the system calculation. The lower the error rate of a system, the higher its fidelity. Helios has the highest fidelity ever put on the market. Its main characteristics are described below:
- Physical Qubits (PQ): 98 PQ with a fidelity of 99.921% for 2-qubit gates and 99.9975% for 1-qubit gates.
- Logical Qubits (LQ):
- 94 LQ (error detected) globally entangled with performance above physical performance;
- 50 LQ (error detected) with better than physical performance in a magnetism simulation; And
- 48 LQ (error-corrected) with superior performance to physical performance (99.99% fidelity to state preparation and measurement).
About Quantinuum
Quantinuum is the world leader in quantum computing. The company’s quantum systems deliver the highest performance across all industry benchmarks. Quantinuum’s 630 employees, including more than 370 scientists and engineers, spanning the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, are driving the quantum computing revolution. For more information, please visit www.quantinuum.com.
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