# Oak Ridge links IBM quantum processors with AMD supercomputers to test error correction

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/oak-ridge-labs-gets-hybrid-quantum-hpc-system-to-test-qubit-error-correction/
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T17:29:05+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/hpc/2026/11/06/oak-ridge-labs-gets-hybrid-quantum-hpc-system-to-test-qubit-error-correction/5308187
- Topics: Software

## Key points

- ORNL has paired IBM quantum processors with AMD high-performance computing.
- Researchers will use the platform to test quantum error correction.
- The work could support US plans for larger fault-tolerant quantum systems.

## Summary

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a research platform that links IBM quantum processors with AMD-powered high-performance computing. The system is designed to help researchers develop and test quantum error correction, a crucial step towards making quantum computers reliable enough for scientific work.

The platform combines an IBM Quantum System Two with 120-qubit Nighthawk r2 processors, the Umbra HPC system with AMD Epyc CPUs and Instinct MI355X GPUs, and AMD Versal chips for low-latency control and decoding. Researchers will use it to explore algorithms, workflows and approaches such as hierarchical error correction, which IBM says could support a trillion logical operations at a physical error rate of one in a thousand. The work may also contribute to US Department of Energy goals, including a proposed system with 100 logical qubits.

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