March 21 - Nvidia (NVDA, Financial) is collaborating with French quantum computing start-up Pasqal to enhance quantum application development.
Under the partnership, Pasqal's neutral-atom quantum computing systems and cloud platform will integrate with Nvidia's CUDA-Q, an open-source framework for hybrid quantum-classical computing.
Pasqal stated that the integration will provide software developers with expanded tools to build quantum programs across high-performance computing (HPC) environments.
"This collaboration allows us to offer a much-requested interface and programming model for the HPC and broader quantum community," said Pasqal CEO LoĂŻc Henriet.
Pasqal is part of the Nvidia Inception program for startups, and the CUDA-Q integration will complement its existing open-source library, Pulser, which enables customized experiments on neutral-atom devices.
“Nvidia CUDA-Q allows researchers to seamlessly integrate AI supercomputers with QPUs [quantum processing units] from pioneers like Pasqal and deliver breakthroughs in quantum computing,” said Tim Costa, senior director of CAE, Quantum and CUDA-X at Nvidia.
