D-Wave Announces General Availability of Advantage2 Quantum Computer, Its Most Advanced and Performant System

D-Wave announced the general availability of its Advantage2TM quantum computing system, a powerful and energy-efficient annealing quantum computer capable of solving computationally complex problems beyond the reach of classical computers. Featuring D-Wave’s most advanced quantum processor to date, the Advantage2 system is commercial-grade, and built to address real-world use cases in areas such as optimization, materials simulation and artificial intelligence.

“Today marks a significant milestone not just for D-Wave, but for the quantum computing industry as a whole, as we bring to market our sixth-generation quantum computer, a system so powerful that it can solve hard problems outside the reach of one of the world’s largest exascale GPU-based classical supercomputers,” said Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave. “It’s an engineering marvel, with substantial technical advancements that highlight D-Wave’s progress in scaling quantum technology to meet industry demands for growing computational processing power while maintaining energy efficiency. We’re helping customers realize value from quantum computing right now, and the Advantage2 system represents a remarkable achievement in delivering on that mission.”

Customers can now access the Advantage2 system via D-Wave’s LeapTM real-time quantum cloud service, which is available in more than 40 countries and offers 99.9% availability and uptime, sub-second response times and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance to meet enterprise needs and security requirements. For hyperscalers and supercomputing centers that want to integrate quantum computing into their infrastructure, the Advantage2 system is also available to purchase for on-premises ownership.

Designed to tackle highly complex computational problems and facilitate quantum and hybrid-quantum applications for production deployment, the Advantage2 system’s key benefits include:

Organizations regularly face the limitations of legacy computing solutions, leading to a growing demand for D-Wave's annealing quantum computing technology to tackle hard problems such as optimizing mobile networks, creating more efficient workforce scheduling, and streamlining automotive manufacturing processes. More than 20.6 million customer problems have been run on the Advantage2 prototypes available in the Leap cloud service since June 2022, with customer use up 134% in the last six months. An Advantage2 prototype was used by Japan Tobacco in a proof-of-concept project that utilized quantum computing and AI in the drug discovery process, and the Jülich Supercomputing Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory have used the prototypes to advance their research.

Beginning today, a full-scale generally available Advantage2 system is accessible in the Leap quantum cloud service for all D-Wave customers. In addition, D-Wave continues to expand its fleet of annealing quantum computers hosted around the world. The forthcoming Advantage2 system hosted on-premises at Davidson Technologies is intended to serve as a focal point for national security-focused quantum research. Also, the system currently located at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) will be upgraded to an Advantage2 system and is expected to connect with the JUPITER supercomputer, Europe’s first and only exascale HPC, to facilitate breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and quantum optimization applications.

“I lead a significant R&D effort at LANL to explore the use of analog quantum computers for scientific discovery in condensed matter theory and magnetic materials. We currently use the Advantage2 prototype system, which has yielded a variety of interesting technical results that are currently being prepared for peer review. The team is eager to work on the full-scale Advantage2 system to further this research.”

“We are thrilled to host an Advantage2 annealing quantum computer on-premises at Davidson headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama. We believe this system offers an important new pathway for the development of quantum optimization applications designed to support mission-critical challenges and national security-focused quantum research.”

“The impact of bringing quantum together with AI could drive new breakthroughs in life sciences, as demonstrated in our recent proof of concept. The project revealed that D-Wave’s Advantage2 quantum systems can deliver high quality, low energy samples that could drive enhanced performance in generative AI architectures. We look forward to using the full Advantage2 system to accelerate our efforts in achieving Quantum AI-driven drug discovery.”

Source: D-Wave media announcement