Insider Brief
- Orientom announced that it has signed an agreement with Quandela to jointly develop a quantum software platform.
- The companies will work to develop practical quantum hybrid applications that leverage both classical and quantum computing resources and apply them to the next-generation power grid.
- Both companies focus on optimization problems related to decentralized energy generation and transmission.
PRESS RELEASE – Orientom (CEO Seung-Hyeon Alfred Bang) announced that it has signed an agreement with Quandela, a global quantum computing company, to jointly develop a quantum software platform.
Both companies are focused on using quantum computing technology to develop innovative solutions that address problems of power grid optimization and security as well as increase the efficiency of distributed energy systems.
The goal is for companies to develop practical quantum hybrid applications that leverage both classical and quantum computing resources and apply them to the next-generation power grid, with new energy management and planning that has not been solved for decades.
Both companies focus on optimization problems related to decentralized energy generation and transmission, as well as new methods of energy transport and exchange, such as energy trading or the formation of microgrids. The aim is to evaluate potential applications for quantum optimization in the energy grid using Orientem’s quantum software platform (Atom-QTm).
Qandela, a French quantum computing company, recently launched its first pilot manufacturing line for high-performance photonic qubit devices to accelerate the deployment of error-correcting quantum computers. The company opened its first quantum computing factory in 2023 and has already delivered two quantum computers to industrial customers.
To build quantum computers at scale, Qandela uses a groundbreaking approach that combines integrated photonics technology with semiconductor quantum dot-based devices that act as both spin qubits and photon generators. The technology is based on 20 years of cutting-edge scientific research at the French Institute of Communication and the French National Research Institute CNRS. The know-how was transferred to Qandela in 2017 and packaged devices have been commercialized since 2018.
To discover, learn, test and evolve the distributed traffic processing and energy (power grid) algorithms developed by Orientom, Qandela provides advanced quantum servers and easy-to-use software for building and manipulating quantum circuits. In addition, it provides access to middleware for running hybrid quantum-classical workflows in heterogeneous computing environments.
Niccolo Somaschi, CEO of Qandela, said: “Through this collaboration, we will transfer the various use cases of quantum computing demonstrated in Europe and North America to Korea, helping Korea take a leading role as a global testbed for quantum computing.”
“As global energy demand increases rapidly due to the proliferation of new renewable energy and electric vehicles, an energy grid with high efficiency and low carbon emissions is becoming increasingly important,” said Bang Seung-hyun, CEO of Orientom. “Quantum computing solves problems that cannot be solved using existing methods.” “It will become a core technology of the future energy transition.”
