Atos, a major player in France’s national strategy on quantum technologies

Paris, France – 21 January 2021

Atos welcomes the French government’s initiative and is very pleased to take part in the development of the countrywide approach on quantum technologies, introduced today by President Emmanuel Macron.

With one of a kind knowledge in Europe and revolutionary technologies this sort of as the Atos Quantum Studying Equipment (Atos QLM), the world’s most effective quantum simulator, Atos is currently doing the job carefully with countrywide players this sort of as GENCI (Grand Equipement Countrywide de Calcul) and the CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique), as perfectly as the commence-up Pasqal. The countrywide quantum approach now features Atos the option to speed up its Atos Quantum program and bolster its contribution to the French quantum ecosystem, with a view to offering its customers the initial advantages of quantum computing in the NISQ (Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum) era as soon as attainable.

“The system introduced today for the development of quantum technologies is quite outstanding and we are really honored to have been involved with this announcement. Quantum computing guarantees substantial progress in strategic regions for our society, this sort of as wellbeing, chemistry, finance and the battle from world warming and decarbonization. Confronted with these significant socio-economic issues, it is essential to set up general public-non-public partnerships and foster cooperation concerning governments, educational researchers, users and non-public firms. France’s countrywide approach is equal to the revolution to arrive and we are very pleased to be among the players who will take part in generating it a actuality,” reported Elie Girard, Atos CEO.

Atos’ contribution to the countrywide quantum approach will emphasis on four regions:

• The development of NISQ simulators and accelerators built-in into hybrid superior-performance computing platforms: capitalizing on the Atos QLM and its knowledge in superior-performance computing, Atos has set the objective of giving a quantum accelerator linked to a supercomputer as early as 2023. On the other hand, innovation in quantum computing is not only about hardware but also about application. This is the route Atos is using with the Atos QLM quantum simulation and application development system.
• Submit-quantum cryptography: Atos is currently doing the job on integrating publish-quantum algorithms into its cybersecurity machines. Its get the job done in this place will further more speed up the developments essential to prepare the hardware implementations of future publish-quantum expectations.
• International cooperation: Atos has made doing the job in cooperation with future industrial users a precedence of its Atos Quantum program. The Team is included in many educational tasks, notably with the Institut d’Optique and INRIA. In parallel, its knowledge and the Atos QLM add to many European courses, together with the NEASQC (Future Programs of Quantum Computing) challenge. As section of the countrywide quantum approach, Atos intends to leverage the experience received through these different tasks to foster interactions concerning academics, technologies providers and users.
• Benchmarking: the quick and continuous emergence of new technologies and methods to quantum programming is essential for the development of the sector, but also a supply of complexity for businesses wishing to devote. In 2020, Atos made Q-rating, the initial dependable, objective and honest common metric to simplify the relationship concerning technologies users and providers.

Atos proven a Scientific Council devoted to Quantum. Customers are:

• Alain Part, Professor at the Institut d’Optique Graduate College and Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay
• David DiVincenzo, Professor at the Alexander von Humboldt College and Director at the Institute for Theoretical Nanoelectronics at the Juelich Study Center
• Artur Ekert, Professor of Quantum Physics at the Mathematical Institute at the College of Oxford and Founding Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the Countrywide College of Singapore
• Daniel Esteve, Study Director, CEA Saclay, Head of Quantronics
• Serge Haroche, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, Nobel Prize in Physics.

In the foreground, from remaining to proper: Emmanuel Macron and Elie Girard
In the back, from remaining to proper: Cédric O, Bruno Le Maire, Amélie de Montchalin andFrédérique Vidal

To understand extra about Atos’ activities in the discipline of quantum computing, click in this article.

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About Atos

Atos is a world chief in electronic transformation with 110,000 workforce and once-a-year income of € 12 billion. European variety one particular in cybersecurity, cloud and superior performance computing, the group delivers tailored stop-to-stop answers for all industries in seventy three countries. A pioneer in decarbonization products and services and products, Atos is dedicated to a secure and decarbonized electronic for its purchasers. Atos operates under the brands Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), detailed on the CAC40 Paris inventory index.

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