Alice & Bob Decodes LDPC-Cat Codes on GPUs With NVIDIA NVQLink
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Quantum error-correction decoding running on commodity GPUs via NVQLink is a bridge between today’s AI infra and tomorrow’s quantum stacks. If you’re betting on quantum, assume hybrid GPU–quantum architectures and start building internal competence around classical-quantum workload partitioning.
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