en.Wedoany.com Reported - Finnish quantum computing hardware manufacturer IQM Quantum Computers launched its HPC integration service on May 12, 2026, embedding its IQM Radiance superconducting quantum computer directly into high-performance computing environments as Slurm nodes, enabling unified scheduling and management of hybrid tasks alongside CPUs and GPUs. The service has already been put into production at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Germany, where four IQM quantum systems have been integrated and deployed, allowing users to submit hybrid quantum and classical tasks through the same workload manager.
The core of the integration service lies in eliminating the integration bottleneck between quantum devices and the HPC software stack. Quantum computers have been deployed on-site for several years, but most systems operate independently alongside the HPC software stack after installation, rather than being integrated into it. Each execution requires customized integration work, and the results cannot be reused for subsequent executions. The HPC integration service unifies the interface directly at the software architecture level, allowing end-users to invoke quantum computing tasks through the same interface and Slurm scheduler used for submitting CPU and GPU tasks.
IQM CEO and co-founder Jan Goetz stated clearly when launching the service that HPC customers have been consistently reporting the integration bottleneck for years. This important HPC integration work directly strips away complexity, allowing end-users to focus on running quantum workloads rather than spending time writing new routine programs. Professor Dieter Kranzlmüller, Chairman of the Board at LRZ, simultaneously emphasized the physical reality of the performance leap, noting that the memory capacity of SuperMUC-NG is approaching the limit for simulating quantum states—as the Euro-Q-Exa system operates with 54 qubits, classical reproduction of its computational results is becoming increasingly difficult.
Public technical documentation shows that the HPC integration service is underpinned by QDMI (Quantum Device Management Interface), which serves as an open-source standardized middleware layer, directly simplifying the fragmentation problem in quantum integration long caused by proprietary software interfaces from various vendors. An arXiv paper co-authored with the Munich Quantum Software Company (MQSC) simultaneously disclosed the operational mechanism of this solution in a production environment. LRZ operates the SuperMUC-NG supercomputing system, with a peak performance of 26.9 petaflops, serving researchers in fields such as physics, chemistry, life sciences, and climate research. With the introduction of the QDMI standard layer, the existing operational model is preserved at the system level, allowing researchers to run benchmarks across systems using familiar tools like Qiskit and PennyLane. This open architecture also reduces the risk of vendor lock-in, paving the way for multi-vendor quantum devices to connect to the same HPC environment.
IQM currently has branches in Espoo, Finland, and Munich, Germany, among other locations. Its systems have been deployed in four of the world's top ten supercomputing centers, leading among comparable vendors in quantum system deployment volume. In February 2026, the company moved toward the public market through a merger plan with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. The German state of Bavaria, where LRZ is located, has invested 500 million euros in the center for expanding the data center and upgrading power and cooling infrastructure to accommodate the enormous energy demands of next-generation supercomputers, AI clusters, and quantum computers.
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