Quantum Computing Platform for NISQ Era Commercial Applications

Rigetti计算公司、牛津仪器公司、渣打银行、Phasraft公司和爱丁堡大学将合作推进英国的量子计算。该团队将致力于量子计算的几个关键方面，包括：1)硬件、基础设施和供应链；2)加速工业应用；3)发展量子生态系统，以帮助解决重要但目前难以解决的问题。这项工作将英国定位为新兴量子产业的全球领导者，预计到2024年达到GB 4B，到2050年增长到GB 350B/年。该项目的主要重点领域是：_**1\。基础设施部署**_Rigetti将利用其伦敦团队在英国组装和操作可通过云访问的量子计算机。这项对英国不断增长的技术领域的新投资是一个重要的里程碑-英国目前还没有商业上可用的量子计算平台。为了支持基础设施，牛津仪器公司将成熟低温技术可靠性并提供初始托管。为了最大化长期价值，该团队将迁移基础设施，以与英国国家量子计算中心等国家战略倡议保持一致。核心应用程序开发**_在基础设施上，应用程序开发团队将验证量子计算对英国经济中最终用户的价值。这种方法建立在英国学术研究和行业领先的量子软件能力的基础上，将知识转化为经济价值。英国量子软件初创公司Phasraft将构建一个量子模拟工作包，为最有前途的近期应用领域-量子化学--的最终用户带来量子计算。Phasraft是一家英国量子软件初创公司，由量子计算研究人员托比·丘比特、阿什利·蒙塔纳罗和约翰·莫顿创立。来自爱丁堡大学的埃勒姆·卡谢菲教授的团队将提供量子硬件验证和测试，重点是机器学习应用。他们还将与渣打银行合作，补充他们在金融合成数据生成方面的工作(Kondratyev&Schwarz，“市场生成者”)。发展英国量子计算行业的广泛举措**_为了展示该项目以外的价值，该财团将开发英国新生的量子生态系统，以扩展金融、能源、制药、航空航天和汽车领域的行业能力。通过现有的关系和论坛，该联盟将通过提供研讨会、计算积分和技术支持来扩大社区，帮助最终用户验证他们的研究和商业概念。

Rigetti Computing, Oxford Instruments, Standard Chartered, Phasecraft, and the University of Edinburgh will collaborate to advance quantum computing in the UK. The team will address several key aspects of quantum computing including: 1) hardware, infrastructure, and supply chain; 2) accelerating industrial applications; and 3) developing the quantum ecosystem to help solve important but currently intractable problems.This work positions the UK as a global leader in the emerging quantum industry, expected to be £4B by 2024, growing to £350B/year by 2050\.The project's main focus area are:_**1\. Infrastructure deployment**_Rigetti will leverage its London-based team to assemble and operate a quantum computer in the UK, accessible via the cloud. This new investment into the UK's growing technology sector is an important milestone---no commercially available quantum computing platform currently exists in the UK.To support the infrastructure, Oxford Instruments will mature cryogenic technology reliability and provide initial hosting. To maximise long-term value, the team will migrate the infrastructure to align with national strategic initiatives such as the UK National Quantum Computing Centre._**2\. Core applications development**_Building on the infrastructure, the applications development team will validate the value of quantum computing to end users in the UK's economy. The approach builds on academic research and industry-led quantum software capability in the UK to transition knowledge to economic value.Phasecraft, a UK quantum software start-up, will build a quantum simulation work package that brings quantum computing to end users in the most promising near-term application area---quantum chemistry. Phasecraft is a UK quantum software start-up, founded by quantum computing researchers Toby Cubitt, Ashley Montanaro, and John Morton.From the University of Edinburgh, Professor Elham Kashefi's group will deliver quantum hardware verification and testing, with a focus on machine learning applications. They will also collaborate with Standard Chartered, complementing their work on financial synthetic data generation (Kondratyev & Schwarz, "The Market Generator")._**3\. Broad initiatives to grow the UK's quantum computing sector**_To demonstrate value beyond this project, the consortium will develop the UK's nascent quantum ecosystem to extend industry capabilities in finance, energy, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, and automotive. Through existing relationships and forums, the consortium will expand the community by delivering workshops, computing credits, and technical support, helping end users to validate their research and business concepts.