Xanadu and Oak Ridge National Laboratory push the boundaries of large-scale quantum programming on the Frontier supercomputer
“Users of Frontier and the broader Oak Ridge Leadership Facility (OLCF) community can now utilize PennyLane to write and execute quantum programs directly on the Frontier supercomputer using PennyLane's high-performance Lightning simulator. This collaboration pushes the limits of quantum computing simulation by merging Frontier's exascale capabilities, powered by AMD's CPUs and GPUs, with PennyLane's accessible programming interface.
In order to prototype, test, and validate larger quantum programs and algorithms, researchers often need supercomputing resources to simulate a large number of qubits. With the ability to run PennyLane on Frontier, researchers can now explore complex problems and identify performance bottlenecks that are not present within smaller simulations.
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