Benchmarking Quantum Computing Applications with BMW Group and NVIDIA cuQuantum
- Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize various aspects of industry, including numerical simulations, optimization, and machine learning.
- The BMW Group, in collaboration with NVIDIA cuQuantum, showcased the advantages of using the cuQuantum SDK for accelerating quantum circuit simulations.
- Benchmarking quantum computing systems is crucial to evaluate the scaling performance of quantum algorithms and improve the development of quantum computers.
- The QUARK benchmarking framework provides a standardized platform for evaluating and comparing quantum algorithms and hardware implementations.
- The cuQuantum SDK, with minor changes to the code base, enabled the BMW Group to achieve a 300x speedup in the simulation of quantum circuits for their quantum machine learning workload.
- Quantum computing applications in the automotive industry can benefit areas such as battery technology development, material exploration, design optimization, and risk forecasting.