In the presence of Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Parliamentary State Secretary Dr. Silke Launert, and Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts Markus Blume, the “Radiance” system from IQM Quantum Computers is starting work.
Euro-Q-Exa is one of a total of six quantum systems that will be integrated into European supercomputers and procured by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking to achieve technological independence in quantum computing.
Via the Munich Quantum Software Stack (MQSS), which was developed as part of MQV, the system is now available to researchers from Germany and Europe with a wide range of possibilities – from widely used quantum software packages such as Qiskit or PennyLane to hybrid algorithms and interfaces to useful software packages.
As Minister of State Blume emphasized, the choice of Bavaria and the LRZ as the location for this European system was not made without reason, but is the result of our strong quantum and high-tech ecosystem.
The full press releases and quotes from the partners involved can be found on the websites of the LRZ [DE] and the EuroHPC JU [EN].