Luxembourg to Host EuroHPC-Supported MeluXina-Q Quantum Computer
MeluXina-Q, which will be hosted and managed by LuxProvide, the national competence center responsible for the Luxembourg supercomputer MeluXina, represents a significant step in strengthening Luxembourg’s position in advanced digital technologies. With the launch of this cutting-edge system, Luxembourg reaffirms its commitment to collaborating with European partners. MeluXina-Q is the seventh quantum computer co-funded by EuroHPC in Europe.
The system will initially feature a 10-qubit quantum processing unit (QPU) based on innovative silicon technology, ensuring a secure and scalable supply chain within the European Union.
MeluXina-Q will be a versatile, general-purpose system, fully integrated with the MeluXina supercomputer, and will enhance its capabilities across a wide range of applications, from scientific research to addressing industrial and societal challenges. The system will be used to explore, develop, and test new algorithms aimed at accelerating the resolution of complex problems in fields such as chemistry,
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But it is not building a quantum computer, although its software products should one day work with them, Hidary said recently. Instead, it’s building software based on quantum physics that can model molecules and make predictions of their behavior. Google is still working on the quantum computer part, but Hidary says SandboxAQ already has a number of quantum computing partnerships.
It is not working with AI of the generative AI ChatGPT chatbot variety. Instead of predicting language, it is using large modeling AI techniques on equations. Or as Hidary explained, “Instead of the world of large language models, we’ve now entered the world of large quantitative models, LQMs. And LQMs are about starting with equations to generate data.
Throughout the year, a number of investors have set up special purpose vehicles (SPVs) for the company’s shares. As we previously reported, such SPVs have become a hot financial tool because so many investors are eager to get a piece of big-name AI startups.
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The regulation, which takes effect Dec. 1, applies to eight types of quantum computers, quantum measurement equipment and chipmaking technology, among other products.
The US has been pushing the Netherlands to limit exports of chipmaking equipment to China, targeting the sales of advanced machines of ASML Holding NV to the Asian nation.
“The cabinet primarily took this step out of national security reasons,” Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid Reinette Klever wrote in a letter to the Dutch parliament.