Nvidia has been dominating the emergence of artificial intelligence. And now, they want in on quantum computing.
What’s happening:
- Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has announced they are launching a cloud computing venture specifically built for the needs of quantum computing
- The initial data centre from Nvidia will consist of GPUs and chips designed for artificial intelligence workloads that are capable of simulating a quantum computer
Why it matters:
- Nvidia has been the most dominant player in the artificial intelligence movement, which makes their new ambition of being early on the opportunities in quantum computing highly significant
- Quantum computing was recently declared to be a critical technology by the White House
- The Canadian government also recently has begun a push to see Canada become a leader in quantum computing through backing promising new startups
Going deeper:
- Nvidia previously entered into a collaboration with quantum computing startup Classiq to help support building out quantum computing for medicine at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre in Israel
The intrigue:
- Data centres have been seeing a massive influx of new funding, as the demand for both artificial intelligence compute and quantum computing have begun to dramatically accelerate with more venture backed startups requiring cloud computing
