13Insider Brief
- QuEra Computing today announces that Aquila, its neutral atom quantum computer, is now available via Amazon Braket.
- Aquila offers users up to 256 qubits, with plans to scale to much higher numbers.
- The hardware is complemented by Bloqade, an open-source software package that assists with expressing problems in this new way.
PRESS RELEASE — QuEra Computing today announces that Aquila, its neutral atom quantum computer, is now available via Amazon Braket, making it the first generally accessible neutral-atom machine. For customers, this presents an opportunity to explore new solutions to complex problems in high-energy physics, optimization, material sciences and other fields.
“This is a proud day for our entire team and an important milestone on our journey to build scalable high-performance quantum computers,” said Alexander Keesling, CEO of QuEra Computing. “Aquila is now live on Amazon Braket, and provides a powerful and unique platform that advances the state of the art in quantum computation. We look forward to seeing how users from all over the world will utilize this amazing new platform for research and industrial applications.”
Today, Aquila offers users up to 256 qubits, with plans to scale to much higher numbers. Aquila’s design features a unique combination of system size, coherence, and an innovative analog quantum processing mode that provides new degrees of freedom. Furthermore, Aquila offers the added benefit of flexible reconfiguration of its qubit positioning, a feature that is comparable to designing a new chip layout for each computation. The hardware is complemented by Bloqade, an open-source software package that assists with expressing problems in this new way.
“AWS is deeply focused on bringing our customers choice on Amazon Braket to explore scientific research and software development for quantum computing,” added Simone Severini, director of quantum computing at AWS. “The addition of Aquila brings neutral atom quantum computing capabilities to everyone on Amazon Braket for the first time. QuEra’s offering helps expand the types of applications that can be performed through Amazon Braket and is a valuable addition for customers focused on exploring neutral atom computing.”
QuEra also continues developing large-scale universal fault-tolerant gate-based quantum computers to tackle many problems beyond the capabilities of classical computers. Built upon the same platform, Aquila’s analog operation represents a different approach to quantum computing that opens new possibilities to deliver commercially relevant solutions to complex problems sooner.
“Special purpose analog quantum devices are likely to outperform classical computation for direct simulation of other quantum systems before we realize a fault-tolerant, universal quantum computer,” said Ignacio Cirac, Director and Head of Theory Division, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ). “In the Theory Division of MPQ we are very much looking forward to using the QuEra device on Amazon Braket, which enables our team of researchers to experiment and pursue new ideas in the field of analog quantum simulation.”
About QuEra
Located in Boston, QuEra Computing is a maker of advanced quantum computers based on neutral-atoms, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the industry. Founded in 2018, the company is built on pioneering research recently conducted nearby at both Harvard University and MIT. QuEra is building the industry’s most scalable quantum computers to tackle useful but classically intractable problems for commercially relevant applications. Our signature machine, Aquila, is available now for general use over the Amazon Braket cloud. For more information, visit us at quera.com and follow us on Twitter or Linked In.
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