In the field of quantum computing, Atos and OVHcloud, the European leader in cloud computing, have announced cooperation to make Atos' quantum emulator available "as a service" through OVHcloud offerings. This European premiere will increase the accessibility of quantum emulations technologies, hence boosting the quantum technologies ecosystem. Eventually, research labs, universities, startups, and huge corporations will be able to build quantum software and investigate cutting-edge applications well ahead of the market.
Atos and OVHcloud are committed to contribute to the establishment of a coherent ecosystem suited for the advent of quantum computing technologies by fostering the emergence of tomorrow's champions and boosting their international reach. As a result, both public and private players in this burgeoning ecosystem will have access to a quantum development environment regardless of where they are located, allowing them to develop and experiment "as a service" software bricks ahead of the effective release of the first quantum computers, thanks to the two European leaders.
"By announcing this partnership, OVHcloud confirms its ambition to address and make accessible to the greatest number of people the most advanced technologies. The quantum revolution and the deployment of the first use cases cannot be achieved without the Cloud, whose consumption mode and freedom of use are uniquely able to unite expert communities,"
Thierry Souche, CTO, OVHcloud
This product seeks to replicate the many approaches to quantum processing by simulating a real quantum environment. The Atos QLM delivers unrivaled simulation capabilities, including three independent quantum programming modes, by utilizing the unique capability of Atos' SMP BullSequana X800 server (the gate model, the annealing model and the analog model). As a result, users will be able to imitate circuits up to 38 qubits in double precision and solve quantum annealing issues with up to 5,000+ qubits when using OVHcloud.
OVHcloud will be able to offer quantum processing solutions through Jupyter Notebooks, giving developers easy access, thanks to its decision to use Atos technology as a foundation for future improvements. The Notebook, which is built on free and open standards, will provide varying levels of performance based on the infrastructure and will benefit from the work already done by the OVHcloud Artificial Intelligence teams.
"This partnership is a major milestone in preparing the quantum revolution. Thanks to OVHcloud, we can offer an "as a service" cloud version to democratize and share our quantum emulation technologies more widely to prepare for the future. We are convinced that the future of high-performance computing lies in the hybridization of our technologies, between traditional computing and the integration of co-processors, accelerators, quantum and cloud technologies. Already a pioneer in quantum with the launch of our QLM in 2017, which was the first emulator on the market, this strategic partnership with OVHcloud is an additional step forward in our quantum strategy," said Emmanuel Le Roux, SVP, Director of HPC, AI and Quantum, Atos.