Nvidia, the chipmaker at the centre of a boom in artificial intelligence use, is teaming up with Google to pursue another technology once relegated to science fiction: quantum computing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Google\u2019s Quantum AI division will use Nvidia\u2019s Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components, according to a statement from the companies on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea is to simulate the physics that\u2019s required for quantum processors to work, helping them overcome current limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This field of computing aims to use quantum mechanics to create machines that are much faster than today\u2019s semiconductor-based technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it\u2019s still early. Though various companies have claimed to make breakthroughs with quantum computing, it may take decades for large-scale commercial projects to be ready \u2014 if they come at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nvidia, the world\u2019s most valuable company, believes its technology will help Google sort out one thorny issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As quantum processors become more powerful, it gets harder to distinguish between actual information and interference, known as noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe development of commercially useful quantum computers is only possible if we can scale up quantum hardware while keeping noise in check,\u201d said Guifre Vidal, a research scientist from Google Quantum AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUsing Nvidia accelerated computing, we\u2019re exploring the noise implications of increasingly larger quantum chip designs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help make this happen, Nvidia is offering a giant computer powered by its AI accelerator chips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will simulate how the components of a quantum system will interact with their environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, many quantum chips have to be cooled to extremely low temperatures for them to work at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such calculations have previously been extremely expensive and time-consuming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nvidia says its system will deliver results in minutes that would have taken a week before at a fraction of the cost.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Google effort is one of several announcements that Nvidia is making at SC24, the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, which is being held this week in Atlanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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