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Updated · ColoradoBiz · Jul 15
Quantinuum Signs Multi-Year Rolls-Royce Quantum Design Deal for Gas Turbines
Updated
Updated · ColoradoBiz · Jul 15

Quantinuum Signs Multi-Year Rolls-Royce Quantum Design Deal for Gas Turbines

3 articles · Updated · ColoradoBiz · Jul 15

Summary

  • Quantinuum entered a multi-year research agreement with Rolls-Royce, Riverlane and the University of Edinburgh’s EPCC to test quantum computing in industrial design and simulation.
  • The work targets computational fluid dynamics for gas turbine development, where complex fluid simulations consume heavy computing resources and could benefit from hybrid quantum-classical methods.
  • Quantinuum will provide access to its systems and software, Rolls-Royce will supply industrial design applications, Riverlane will contribute error-correction and algorithm expertise, and EPCC will integrate quantum with high-performance computing workflows.
  • The partners plan to run algorithms on Quantinuum’s Helios machine and assess whether they can scale to future fault-tolerant systems, extending earlier work on industrial quantum algorithms and error correction.

Insights

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