Quantum computing is an emerging form of computing that uses quantum bits, or qubits, to process information in ways that differ from traditional computers. Quantum computing requires specialized systems that take advantage of quantum states. CEC has created a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic/IBM Quantum that provides researchers and students access to a working quantum computer. Miami also provides students access to real quantum systems through Amazon Web Service's Braket service offering. Finally Miami provides access to a state of the art quantum simulation capability that is hosted at Miami.
Cleveland Clinic
Miami has entered into a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic where we have access to their quantum computer. Their computer's current technical specifications are:
Custom electronics used to generate signals to be sent to the quantum processor;
Custom dilution refrigerator with low temperature microwave components;
A quantum processor, based on a matrix of qubits, consisting of:
Fixed frequency transmon qubits based on superconducting Josephson junctions;
Resonators and buses manufactured with Nb wiring interconnect; and
Proprietary advanced packaging.
The integrated universal quantum computing system incorporating the above elements currently targets the following specifications:
> 50 us Coherence time;
< 0.5 % Single qubit gate error;
< 2.5 % Two qubit gate error; and
< 5 % Measurement error
The IBM QS1 deployed at the Clinic is the “IBM Eagle R3”, which is a 156-qubit processor.
Quantum Simulator hosted at Miami
Miami University is providing students access to a quantum simulator which consists of multiple nodes, which serves as the backbone of CEC’s quantum simulator system. Each Node consists of:
Relion XE4418GT Computer
4 × NVIDIA H200 NVL (564 GB each)
2 × Intel Xeon 6730P w/ 32 cores each
512 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
7.68 TB of SSD Storage.
This provides a total of 16 Nvidia H200 GPUs and a total of 10TB of GPU memory.
AWS Braket
CEC allows students to use AWS Braket for quantum classes to expose students to different quantum architectures. These systems are available as needed. AWS Braket is a fully managed quantum computing service that provides access to third-party quantum hardware, high-performance simulators, managed Jupyter notebook environments, and hybrid quantum-classical workflows.
