Atos Quantum Programme Scientific Council Celebrates Major Developments

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, held the Scientific Council of "Atos Quantum", the first industrial quantum computing program in Europe.

Marking the first anniversary of the launch of the program, the members of the Scientific Council - assembled under the chairmanship of Thierry Breton – reviewed the first commercial successes of the Atos Quantum Learning Machine (Atos QLM) as well as the new technological horizons of Atos Quantum.

After having presented the Atos QLM, the world's most powerful quantum simulator, in Brussels last July, Atos delivered less than six months later – on November 13, 2017 – a copy of its machine to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, the Department of Energy’s largest multi-program science and energy laboratory. Installed on-site, the Atos QLM offers US researchers and engineers the opportunity to develop and test the quantum applications and algorithms of today on the computer of tomorrow.

Since its launch, the machine – capable of simulating up to 40 quantum bits (Qubits) – has been the subject of permanent innovations by Atos quantum teams.

Among these innovations, researchers at the Atos Quantum laboratory work in particular on the integration of "quantum noise" models, a particularly useful improvement for researchers working on Qubit architectures.

Thierry Breton, president and CEO of Atos, said: “We are delighted of the tremendous progress that the Atos Quantum program has made as of today. In only 12 months, our teams have been able to translate the advances of our research laboratory to industrial use. The first commercial successes of the Atos QLM demonstrate the need to advance the quantum computer and exceed the current limits of physics.

"Thanks to their work in R&D, the Atos Quantum teams, supported by a unanimously recognized scientific Council, and sustained in particular by the Île-de-France region, enable researchers worldwide to test today the specific algorithms that will give future quantum computers their power, especially in applications related to artificial intelligence.”