Quantum Machines and Arque Systems have deployed an Nvidia DGX Quantum system at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The DGX Quantum combines an Nvidia GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip with Quantum Machines’ OPX1000 hybrid quantum-classical controller, and features Arque Systems’ 5-qubit quantum processor, which uses electron shuttling to couple qubits.

According to the partners, the integration not only provides a “seamless interaction” between classical and quantum computing resources, it also enables “round-trip data transfer with latency less than four microseconds” – a 1,000-fold improvement over previous implementations.

The collaboration aims to accelerate qubit calibration routines and benchmark quantum error correction performance, whilst allowing the partners to explore hybrid quantum-classical algorithm development within a high-performance computing environment.

Israel-based Quantum Machines was founded in 2018 by Dr. Itamar Sivan, Dr. Yonatan Cohen, and Dr. Nissim Ofek and develops hybrid control and operation systems for all types of quantum computers, while Arque Systems was spun out of JSC in 2022 with the aim of developing semiconductor-based quantum computing systems using electron spins in silicon.

“Deploying our quantum system at JSC represents a major milestone in making quantum computing accessible within existing HPC infrastructure,” said Dr. Markus Beckers, CEO of Arque Systems. “This collaboration demonstrates how quantum processors can be integrated as computational resources alongside traditional supercomputing capabilities.”

“We’re witnessing the convergence of two transformative technologies, AI and quantum computing, coming together in the world’s most advanced computing facilities,” said Sivan, CEO of Quantum Machines. “This deployment represents more than just a technical achievement; it’s a significant step towards a future where quantum acceleration becomes as accessible as GPU acceleration is today, fundamentally changing how we approach the world’s most complex computational challenges.”

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang telling CES attendees earlier this year that useful quantum computers were between 15 and 30 years away, in recent months, the GPU giant has invested in a number of quantum computing firms, including Quantinuum, QuEra, and PsiQuantum, via its NVentures investment arm.

This week, Nvidia also announced a partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits and Digital Realty to establish a quantum-AI data center in New York City, while UK-based quantum firm Orca integrated two of its PT-1 photonic quantum processors with Nvidia Hopper GPUs at the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS) in Poland.