IQM Spark to join JUNIQ's family in July

The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) has purchased a 5-qubit quantum system from the German–Finnish manufacturer IQM Quantum Computers. The IQM Spark quantum computer is scheduled to go into operation in July 2024 as part of Jülich’s JUNIQ quantum computing infrastructure and will be connected to JSC’s classical supercomputers.

The basic version of the “IQM Spark” costs less than € 1 million and was developed especially for basic experiments and for applications in teaching at universities and research institutes. According to Prof. Kristel Michielsen, "the IQM pilot system makes it possible to integrate a freely programmable, gate-based quantum computer into the modular Jülich supercomputing infrastructure at a very early stage in order to gain groundbreaking experience in hybrid quantum computing.”

More information is available in the press release.