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IBM Quantum Hardware Powers QC Ware Chemistry Workflow
QC Ware achieves a technology milestone by integrating IBM Quantum hardware with the Promethium platform for hybrid chemical modeling.
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QC Ware recently completed a successful technology demonstration that combines hybrid quantum and classical computational chemistry. Using the Promethium platform alongside IBM Quantum hardware, the company modeled electrostatic interactions in complex enzyme systems. This milestone shows how specialized quantum processors can assist classical GPU accelerated software in solving scientific problems.
Advancing Hybrid Chemical Modeling
The recent demonstration focused on calculating the electrostatic interaction energy for a specific enzyme known as nitric oxide reductase. This system is a complex metalloenzyme, which makes it a difficult subject for traditional computing methods alone. By utilizing a hybrid approach, the team successfully merged high speed molecular modeling with actual quantum measurements.
The technical setup involved the 156-qubit Heron superconducting processor provided by IBM. This hardware represents some of…
