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ORNL Unveils Groundbreaking Room-Temperature Quantum Computer

9/4/2025

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) installed its first operational quantum computer, a diamond-based system from Quantum Brilliance, in Tennessee.
The quantum accelerator operates at room temperature, facilitating integration with classical high-performance computing (HPC).
It includes three parallelized quantum processing units (QPUs) with six qubits, focusing on scalable quantum acceleration.
The technology uses nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for efficient operation without extreme cooling.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) installed its first operational quantum computer, a diamond-based system from Quantum Brilliance, in Tennessee.
The quantum accelerator operates at room temperature, facilitating integration with classical high-performance computing (HPC).
It includes three parallelized quantum processing units (QPUs) with six qubits, focusing on scalable quantum acceleration.
The technology uses nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for efficient operation without extreme cooling.