RIKEN Opens ROQUO Platform for Quantum and HPC Research
The GPU supercomputer is operating in Kobe, with tightly coupled quantum-HPC integration identified as a scientific goal.
ROQUO operation and hybrid performance are different milestones
- Reported
- RIKEN reports that its ROQUO GPU supercomputer has entered operation in Kobe.
- Supported observation
- The launch report describes 135 compute nodes with 540 GPUs and an SQC interface for hybrid system development.
- Conditions
- The June 19 report identifies integration with Fugaku, ibm_kobe and Reimei as an anticipated research outcome. External allocation is planned through a test-user program. The reported 19.80 PFLOPS HPL result measures classical FP64 computation across ROQUO, not quantum-HPC application speedup.
An operational GPU platform does not establish end-to-end hybrid advantage or unrestricted public access. This record does not verify current admission availability.
- New Supercomputer ROQUO for the Quantum-HPC Hybrid Platform Enters OperationRIKEN Center for Computational Science · Official institutional operational announcement · Source published Source checked
RIKEN says ROQUO, its JHPC-quantum GPU supercomputer, has entered operation on the Kobe campus, adding infrastructure for quantum and high-performance computing research. Hybrid applications need classical simulation, control and data processing alongside quantum devices. ROQUO's scientific goals include tightly coupled quantum-HPC integration.
RIKEN lists integration with Fugaku, IBM Quantum System Two ibm_kobe and Quantinuum's Reimei among those goals.
The announcement establishes that the GPU platform is operating. It does not establish that tight integration is complete or that an application has achieved a measured quantum-HPC advantage. Demonstrated workflows, accompanied by communication, scheduling and performance measurements, would show how the planned connections work in practice.