ORNL, IBM, and AMD Launch New Co-Design Platform for Quantum Error Correction – HPCwire

ORNL, IBM, and AMD Launch New Co-Design Platform for Quantum Error Correction – HPCwire

By Andrew Jolly
Publication Date: 2026-11-05 19:48:00

New initiative combines U.S. leadership in quantum and high-performance computing to align with the Department of Energy’s Quantum Genesis Mission to accelerate a path toward a scientifically relevant quantum computer by 2028

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2026 — IBM, the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center (QSC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and AMD today unveiled a new co-design platform for quantum error correction, integrating quantum and high-performance computing.

Credit: IBM

Over the last several years, researchers have made significant advances in the field of quantum error correction, including early demonstrations of protecting quantum information from noise, achieving quantum advantage over leading classical methods using techniques with guaranteed correctness, and showing that quantum computers integrated with classical computers…