The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, or OLCF, in Tennessee is gathering information for the Department of Energy’s Quantum Computing User Program to determine hardware availability, software solutions and user engagement potential in quantum computing.
The OLCF issued the request for information to establish the readiness of quantum computing resources to meet scientific research requirements, according to Travis Humble, the director of the facility housed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
“We are asking for input from users, vendors and developers to gain insights into how future capabilities will impact the user program,” he said.
Cloud-Based Computing Access
A competitive, merit-based access program, OLCP collaborates with vendors of quantum computing resources to deliver cloud-based access to the technology, as well as facilitate user interactions and resource management.
The facility hosts the two fastest U.S. supercomputers—Summit and Frontier—to pursue its mission of accelerating scientific discovery and advancement in engineering. One of OLCP’s projects for its Quantum Computing User Program involved comparing and validating the performance of 24 quantum computers offered by companies such as IBM, Quantinuum and Rigetti.
