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AWS to host QuEra's next generation quantum computer
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding its quantum computing partnership with QuEra.
Key facts
- The company put its 256-qubit Aquila system on Braket back in 2022
- QuEra has installed on-premise quantum computers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre
- Investors in QuEra include Nvidia, Google, SoftBank, Valor Equity Partners, QVT Family Office, and Safar Partners
- Braket launched in the US in 2020, allowing customers to book time on quantum computers from several different hardware providers
Summary
The companies announced an expanded strategic collaboration this week to bring Libra, the company's first fault-tolerant quantum computer capable of tackling scientifically relevant problems, to Amazon’s Braket quantum cloud platform. By 2028, Amazon will make QuEra’s Libra, a “Megaquop-scale” device, capable of executing one million quantum operations over hundreds of logical qubits, available to its customers. “This is a special moment - for the first time, a dream of realizing useful, fault-tolerant quantum computers is in our direct line of sight. Eric Kessler, general manager for Amazon Braket, at AWS, added: "The team believe fault-tolerant quantum computing will become a foundational part of how customers solve their hardest computational problems on AWS.