<p>14/04/2021<br />
Dear Users,</p>
<p> From March 1st 2021, CINECA made available, free of charge, computing hours<br />
selected from the most advanced and mature quantum computing technologies<br />
currently available on the market to all Italian universities and research<br />
centers.<br />
In particular, it will be possible to access Quantum annealing resources, the<br />
use of which is possible thanks to the recent collaboration agreements<br />
between CINECA and the leading company in the quantum annealing sector,<br />
D-WAVE, which currently owns one of the most powerful quantum annealers in<br />
the world. Through the agreement, CINECA will make calculation hours<br />
available to the Italian scientific community both on the new D-WAVE<br />
computer, Advantage, which has a QPU of over 5000 qubits, and on the hybrid<br />
D-WAVE machines, modern supercomputers that combine the power of quantum<br />
annealers with HPC resources, increasing the computing power of the machines<br />
to allow users to solve combinatorial optimization problems using a maximum<br />
of one million binary variables (equivalent, therefore, to a quantum annealer<br />
with one million qubits).<br />
The agreement provides for a total of 55 hours to be distributed monthly<br />
between now and the end of the year (approximately 5 hours per month). Each<br />
hour is interchangeable with 20 hours of calculation on hybrid systems.<br />
Quantum annealing resources will be awarded upon submission of an ISCRA-C<br />
project. Also, it will be possible to access HPC resources for emulation of<br />
quantum computing environments.<br />
More information at <a href="https://www.quantumcomputinglab.cineca.it/en/resources/">https://www.quantumcomputinglab.cineca.it/en/resources/</a></p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>HPC User Support @ CINECA</p>