Q-CTRL Connects Fire Opal With RIKEN’s IBM Quantum System For Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing

Insider Brief

• Q-CTRL’s Fire Opal software has been integrated into RIKEN’s IBM Quantum System Two as part of Japan’s JHPC-quantum project, enhancing hybrid quantum-HPC capabilities.
• The integration enables over 1,000× improvement in accuracy and efficiency for quantum applications, supporting research in chemistry, machine learning, and physics simulations.
• This marks Q-CTRL’s first on-premises HPC deployment and its second major Fire Opal installation in Japan, advancing efforts toward practical quantum advantage.

PRESS RELEASE — Q‑CTRL, the global leader in quantum infrastructure software, and RIKEN, a national research institute in Japan, today announced the integration of Q-CTRL’s performance management software Fire Opal with RIKEN’s IBM Quantum System Two. The system is deployed within the RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Japan’s Premier High-Performance Computing (JHPC) center, and co-located with Japan’s flagship…