2020年1月9日，美國艾洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室宣佈，它將加入以雲端計算為基礎的IBM Q Network，這是該實驗室量子計算研究計劃的一部分，包括開發量子計算演算法、進行量子模擬研究以及開發教育工具。

洛斯阿拉莫斯的研究人員多年來一直在研究量子裝置，包括在雲上訪問16個或更少量子位數量級的基於門的小型裝置。IBM Q Network不僅提供了比其他基於門的量子計算機更多的量子位，而且潛在地減少了雲訪問的等待時間。

Today Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that it is joining the cloud-based IBM Q Network as part of the Laboratory’s research initiative into quantum computing, including developing quantum computing algorithms, conducting research in quantum simulations, and developing education tools.

Researchers at Los Alamos have been working with quantum devices for many years, including accessing small-scale gate-based devices on the order of 16 qubits or less over the cloud. The IBM Q Network offers not only more qubits than other gate-based quantum computers, but potentially less time waiting in the queue for cloud access.

The 53-qubit chip is approaching the quantum-advantage region, where it becomes very difficult for a normal, classical computer to perform a comparable quantum simulation, so we’re hoping we will be able to use the IBM quantum computer to study things that push the limits of classical computing,”said Irene Qualters, associate laboratory director for Simulation and Computation at Los Alamos. .