Finland opens quantum computer for research purposes – the fusion of quantum computing and supercomputing enables completely new science
Press release 1 November 2022 VTT’s quantum computer HELMI (“Pearl”) has been connected with the pan-European supercomputer LUMI (“Snow”), hosted by CSC - IT Center for Science. The connection to Europe’s most powerful classical supercomputer enables the best possible use of the quantum computer’s computing power. This is the first time in Europe that this kind of hybrid service connecting a supercomputer and a general-purpose quantum computer is opened for researchers.Quantum computers, while potentially extremely powerful at certain tasks, need supervision by traditional classical