Qilimanjaro Inaugurates an Analog Quantum Computer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center
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Analog quantum standing up inside MareNostrum 5 is a bet that hybrid HPC–quantum workflows move from theory to production in specific niches—optimization, simulation, cryptography. If you're running large-scale physics, materials, or logistics workloads in Europe, you now have a live testbed to start carving off quantum-suitable subproblems.
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