Cross-Paradigm Orchestration of Quantum Computers, Neuromorphic Chips, and Conventional Accelerators
Our world increasingly relies on massive computing power, from discovering new medicines to running intelligent assistants. Today's supercomputers use conventional processors (CPUs) and graphics chips (GPUs). New technologies such as tiny quantum processors that can solve certain problems far faster, and brain-inspired neuromorphic chips that run on far less energy, promise huge gains but cannot be used on their own.
QuNeCo brings together experts from the Netherlands and Japan to build a next-generation cross-paradigm supercomputer that combines all of these. We are developing software that decides, for each step of a large computation, whether a CPU, GPU, quantum chip, or neuromorphic chip is best suited, based on speed, energy use, and reliability. We will test the system on real scientific simulations such as materials design and on AI workloads such as event-driven neural networks.
At a glance
- 60-month project, running 2026 to 2031
- Six partners across the Netherlands and Japan
- Combines CPUs, GPUs, quantum processors, and neuromorphic chips
QuNeCo is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) under the call Unconventional Information Processing Technologies: Cooperation Japan and The Netherlands (ref. INT.JST.25.018).