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High-performance computing platform receives Prime Minister Award at the 53rd Japan Industrial Technology Awards
A consortium of research partners, including RIKEN, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Osaka University, Fujitsu Limited, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), won the Prime Minister's Award of the 53rd Japan Industrial Technology Awards with a high-performance computing platform (the Platform).
In March 2023, the foregoing 6 organizations unveiled Japan's first superconducting quantum computer under a joint research agreement for non-commercial use for the purpose of promoting and developing research and development in quantum computation. Based on the technology of the first superconducting quantum computer, RIKEN and Fujitsu developed Japan's second superconducting quantum computer and, in October 2023 they unveiled it on the cloud for the R&D in industry. The second superconducting quantum computer is provided as part of a hybrid quantum computing platform that also supports Fujitsu's 40-qubit quantum simulator.
Japan Industrial Technology Awards
The Japan Industrial Technology Awards honor achievements of companies and groups that have contributed to industry and society and encourage technology development. The award, established in 1972 by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun newspaper, recognizes efforts in the development and practical application of innovative large-scale industrial facilities and structures, and cutting-edge technologies.
This 53rd award honors achievements that unite comprehensive technology and deserve to the era of more sophisticated and systemized technology.
The use of the Platform in joint research with companies in various fields, such as finance and drug development, will advance the research and development of quantum application and accelerate the practical application of quantum computers in both hardware and software.