Startups are Using GPUs to Simulate Quantum Computers

[erek]

Man, exciting.. we got so-called "AI" as ubiquitous and now Quantum is just around the corner... scoping out QuTip, Cirq, and Qiskit Quantum Toolkits

"This week, QC Ware is unveiling a quantum-inspired software platform called Promethium that will simulate chemical molecules — to see how they interact with things like protein — on a traditional computer using GPUs. The software can cut simulation time from hours to minutes for molecules of 100 atoms, and months to hours for molecules of up to 2000 atoms, compared with existing software solutions, said QC Ware's head of quantum chemistry Robert Parrish...

In the past 18 months, quantum software startups including SandBoxAQ — an Alphabet spinoff — raised about $1 billion, according to data firm PitchBook. To be sure, development of this technology is nascent and these startups must work hard to convince some prospective clients. SandBoxAQ CEO Jack Hidary said it was only 24 months ago that AI chips became powerful enough to simulate hundreds of thousands of chemical interactions simultaneously. It developed a quantum-inspired algorithm for biopharma simulation on Google's AI chip called a Tensor Processing Unit (TPU)..."
Source: https://slashdot.org/story/23/04/23/0316204/startups-are-using-gpus-to-simulate-quantum-computers

 

[sfsuphysics]

simulate quantum computers? Well assuming the software isn't just spitting out garbage that doesn't sound like quantum computer simulation it sounds like efficient programming.

 

[Deleted member 162929]

Jensen has his final Infinity Stone.

Quantum...

 

[Lakados]

simulate quantum computers? Well assuming the software isn't just spitting out garbage that doesn't sound like quantum computer simulation it sounds like efficient programming.

Working on actual quantum computers is expensive, you need to minimize the time you are working on them and maximize the time they are working for you. So having a simulated quantum computer to do your testing and debugging on first can save huge amounts of money, leaving you to use the quantum computer for the final production run.