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ORCA PT-1 at PSNC
ORCA PT-1 at PSNC is a photonic quantum computer operated by PSNC in Poland. Its physical qubit count has not been published. 5 sourced specs are in the spec sheet. No benchmark figures are recorded for it yet.
Also known as ORCA PT-1 systems at Poznan, EuroHPC-PL ORCA photonic systems
ORCA Computing installed two PT-1 photonic systems at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center in November and December 2023, procured under the EuroHPC-PL project and integrated with PSNC's classical HPC environment. No qubit or mode count is published in the sources consulted, so none is recorded; the later PIAST-Q trapped-ion machine at PSNC is a separate record.
Spec sheet
Technical details as the builder or a paper states them, each with its own source. A blank is a fact we could not source, not a zero. Fidelity and coherence figures are in the benchmark table below.
| Spec | Value | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processor | ORCA PT-1 | Vendor reported | Two PT-1 systems were installed at PSNC. | orcacomputing.comthequantuminsider.com |
| Qubit type | Single photons at telecom wavelengths | Vendor reported | ORCA describes single photons as the information carrier. | orcacomputing.comthequantuminsider.com |
| Native gates | Programmable boson sampling | Vendor reported | ORCA calls PT-1 a programmable bosonic sampling system, not a universal gate-based computer. | orcacomputing.com |
| Software | Python-based SDK supporting hybrid quantum-classical algorithms with QPUs and GPUs | Vendor reported | The SDK is not named in the sources. | orcacomputing.comthequantuminsider.com |
| Access and pricing | On-premises at PSNC, procured under EuroHPC-PL and integrated with its classical HPC environment | Vendor reported | Installed in November and December 2023. | orcacomputing.comthequantuminsider.com |
Timeline
- 2023-11-15: Announced
- 2023-12: First operational
- 2023-12: Status checked: operational
More from PSNC
- PIAST-Q (operational, 20 qubits)
Comparable photonic machines
Closest in physical qubit count within the same technology. Counts of different qubit types are not interchangeable across technologies.
| Machine | Operator | Qubits | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy | CEA | 12 | operational |
| Xanadu Aurora | Xanadu | 12 | operational |
| ORCA PT-2 at NQCC | National Quantum Computing Centre | - | operational |
| Jiuzhang 4.0 | USTC | - | operational |
| Aegiq ARTEMIS at NQCC | National Quantum Computing Centre | - | operational |
| Quandela Belenos | Quandela | 12 | operational |