1 month ago
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 …
Read More
4 months ago
Firing Up Quantum Fidelity
Researchers used the Quantum Computing User Program (QCUP) at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to achieve major improvements in quantum fidelity, a potential step …
Read More
5 months ago
2021 at the OLCF: Year in Review
In 2021, supercomputing at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) enabled new scientific breakthroughs amid the global pandemic.
From modeling small particles called quarks to …
Read More
5 months ago
A New Design for Quantum Computer–Monitored Electrical Grids
With support from the Quantum Computer User Program (QCUP) at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), researchers from Cornell University have developed a new quantum computer–based artificial intelligence (AI) …
Read More
1 year ago
Quantum computing enables simulations to unravel mysteries of magnetic materials
A multi-institutional team became the first to generate accurate results from materials science simulations on a quantum computer that can be verified with neutron scattering experiments and other practical techniques.
1 year ago
OLCF, UTK Researchers Explore Potential of Quantum Annealing to Solve Optimization Problems
Researchers at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) and University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) established a quantum annealing benchmark for optimization problems with the help of a quantum computer. …
Read More
2 years ago
Developing a Quantum Community
In April, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), held its …
Read More
3 years ago
Quantum Processors are Now Challenging Conventional HPC Systems
To prove quantum supremacy, a joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), needed to rule out that …
Read More
4 years ago
Another First for Quantum
The beginnings of quantum computing bring about many firsts. In 2010 a team led by B. P. Lanyon simulated a hydrogen molecule, H2, on a quantum system for the first …
Read More
7 years ago
22 Projects Earn 1 Billion Processor Hour Allocations through ALCC
The OLCF has awarded more than 1 billion processor hours to 22 projects through DOE’s 2015-16 ALCC program.
Read More
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle for the US Department of Energy.