Megazone Cloud is partnering with French quantum computing firm Quantela to build a cloud-based GPU-QPU (quantum processing unit) HYBE-lead computing environment.
Megazone Cloud announced on the 3rd that it signed a strategic business agreement with Quantela at its liaison office in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, on the 2nd to pioneer the domestic photon quantum computing market.
Quantela was established in 2017 based on research achievements from France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). It provides photon-based QPU, quantum computing development software, and cloud services together.
Photon quantum computing utilizes photons, particles of light, as units for information processing. It is easy to integrate with existing optical communication technology and requires relatively less burden than superconducting methods, which demand cooling the entire equipment to extremely low temperatures.
The two companies will build a HYBE-lead computing environment linking GPUs and photon-based QPUs in cloud environments and embark on joint technical verification. They plan to support domestic companies, universities, and research institutions in testing quantum computing possibilities using actual QPUs without directly investing in large-scale infrastructure.
They will also jointly identify industry-specific application models and cases. The companies will participate in government R&D and demonstration projects and pursue the construction of on-premise photon quantum computers. They will also expand domestic quantum computing expertise through seminars, technical workshops, hands-on training, developer programs, and hackathons.
Megazone Cloud is responsible for customer acquisition, business development, cloud-GPU infrastructure setup, and linking existing AI-data environments with quantum computing resources. Quantela provides photon-based QPUs and algorithm development environments and supports technical education and joint verification.
Following its July agreement with Pascal, a neutral atom quantum computing company, Megazone Cloud has expanded its cooperation partners to include Quantela, which uses the photon method. Through its own quantum computing brand 'WAVE', it plans to support everything from quantum resource utilization to education, technical verification, identification of industry-specific application cases, and commercialization.
Kim Dong-ho, CQO of Megazone Cloud, stated, "In Korea, opportunities to access and verify actual QPUs are limited," adding, "We will support customers in verifying the utilization possibilities of quantum computing by linking them with existing GPU-cloud-AI environments."
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