The collaboration will see Equal1 work with the chip large on how finest to use and combine quantum options.
Irish quantum computing firm Equal1 has signed a memorandum of understanding with chip large Nvidia to work collectively on quantum expertise use instances, enterprise fashions and proofs of idea.
The collaboration will concentrate on the combination and validation of quantum-classical infrastructure for cloud and information centre deployments.
The settlement was introduced at Nvidia’s headquarters in Silicon Valley yesterday (26 September) as a part of Enterprise Eire’s commerce mission to the US, led by Minister for Commerce, Enterprise and Employment Peter Burke, TD.
The collaboration will see Equal1’s hybrid silicon classical quantum {hardware} and its UnityQ quantum system-on-chip mixed with Nvidia’s CUDA-Q quantum software program platform.
Primarily based in Dublin, Equal1 has developed a quantum system-on-a-chip processor that integrates a full quantum system onto a single chip. The UCD spin-out received this 12 months’s Quantum Enterprise Innovation and Development prize for its improvements within the subject.
Equal1 CEO Jason Lynch stated the the corporate was delighted to work with Nvidia. “We’re notably excited concerning the alternative this presents to work with joint clients who see the potential of hybrid quantum classical silicon compute to ship scalable quantum computing,” he stated.
Enterprise Eire CEO Leo Clancy described Equali1 as a “pioneering firm” and stated this new partnership “has the potential to unlock main technological advances”.
Nvidia has seen main income development because of the latest AI increase. In August, the chipmaker reported greater than $30bn in income in its second fiscal quarter of 2025, a 15pc enhance on the primary quarter and a 122pc enhance 12 months on 12 months. The corporate’s internet earnings grew to just about $16.6bn, a year-on-year enhance of 168pc.
Nividia introduced just lately that three supercomputing websites in Germany, Poland and Japan will probably be utilizing its CUDA-Q platform to assist the set up of quantum processing models.
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Up to date, 5pm, 27 September 2024: This text was up to date to make it clear that the collaboration is about how finest to combine quantum options, to not develop quantum expertise.
