Planqc’s 1,000-qubit system gains first hardware at LRZ
The first hardware components for planqc’s 1,000-qubit neutral-atom quantum computer have arrived at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ). The delivery is part of the MAQCS project and marks the beginning of onsite work toward the planned system, though planqc has not yet detailed which subsystems are being installed.
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This could enable LRZ to open early access to a partially assembled neutral-atom machine for hybrid classical-quantum experiments before the full 1,000-qubit system is complete.
Once the initial modules are installed and calibrated, LRZ can expose smaller subsets of qubits to its existing HPC users; its established computing infrastructure and user programmes provide the integration and scheduling environment needed to run early workloads while the rest of the machine is built out.
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