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Quantum Study Seeks to Solve Questions on Fluid Flow

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory tested a quantum computing approach to an old challenge: solving classical fluid dynamics problems. The study relied on support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, part of ORNL’s Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. The results highlight avenues for further study of quantum…
Matt Lakin
March 26, 2025
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The OLCF’s 2024 in Review

High-performance computing pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in 2024, driving advancements across a range of disciplines. Partnerships with top academic, industrial and government institutions led to major contributions in fields such as quantum molecular mechanics and aviation. The year also saw groundbreaking research honored at leading conferences, underscoring the…
Angela Gosnell
December 19, 2024
ScienceTechnology

Steering Toward Quantum Simulation at Scale

Researchers simulated a key quantum state at one of the largest scales reported, with support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The techniques used by the team could help develop quantum simulation capabilities for the next generation of quantum…
Matt Lakin
April 22, 2024
Science

Frontier Search for Lightweight, Flexible Alloys Wins Gordon Bell Prize

A team of eight scientists won the Association for Computing Machinery’s 2023 Gordon Bell Prize for their study that used the world’s first exascale supercomputer to run one of the largest simulations of an alloy ever and achieve near-quantum accuracy. The ACM Gordon Bell Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in high-performance…
Matt Lakin
November 16, 2023
IndustryScienceTechnology

Putting Quantum Circuits to the Test

Researchers used Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, to perform the first independent comparison test of leading quantum computers. The study surveyed 24 quantum processors and ranked results from each against performance numbers touted by such vendors as IBM, Rigetti and Quantinuum (formerly Honeywell). The research…
Matt Lakin
May 17, 2023
Science

Where Worlds Collide

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory physicists Christian Bauer, Marat Freytsis, and Benjamin Nachman have leveraged an IBM Q quantum computer through the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF's) Quantum Computing User Program (QCUP) to capture part of a calculation of two protons colliding. The calculation can show the probability that an…
Rachel McDowell
April 13, 2022