SQK Co., Ltd. (CEO Son Young-je) announced that it received the Innovation Award at CES 2024, which will be held in Las Vegas, USA from Tuesday, January 9 to Friday, January 12, next year (local time).
SQK is a startup established with the mission of solving current computational science challenges through ultra-high-performance computing technology research. The company said, “Quantum computing is a key technology with great potential to overcome the limitations of existing silicon-based computing technology,” and added, “Based on this, the company is researching and developing hybrid quantum-supercomputing technology to lead the next generation of supercomputing.” “We are a technology specialist company.”
SQK’s ‘Super Quantum Station’, which received the Innovation Award in the Computer Hardware & Components category at CES 2024, is a quantum computer equipped with a software quantum computing accelerator that can be used without burden for quantum education and pilot introduction.
Regarding this, a company official said, “We developed the product because we thought there was a need for a quantum computing system that researchers and students interested in quantum computers could more easily purchase and use, and that reflected the concepts of computational science and HPC.” He added, “Super Quantum Station is a quantum computing system.” “We provide transpilers, libraries, and applications necessary for machine learning work,” he emphasized.
In addition, “We are actively seeking partners related to quantum computing hardware and software to provide more complete quantum computing products and services for scientific researchers,” he said. “The next product is a full-featured, low-cost and user-friendly quantum hybrid super.” The goal is to develop a computing system. “It is geared toward scientific research in the fields of bioinformatics, materials science, and space physics, and we plan to develop it in collaboration with quantum computing hardware and solution partners,” he said.
Meanwhile, ‘CES’, the world’s largest IT exhibition hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is an exhibition that provides insight into the trends of the global home appliance industry at a glance and is held every January in Las Vegas, USA. AVING News, which has covered CES for 18 consecutive years, has reported CES news around the world every year since 2006, and has been selected through ‘BEST OF CES’ and ‘BEST OF MADE IN KOREA’, which select the best innovative products, companies and technologies. has been in progress. In addition, CES on-site issues are vividly conveyed through ‘AVING LIVE’.
The CES 2024 Seoul Unified Hall will be operated at the largest scale in terms of exhibition area, number of participating companies, and number of participating supporters since Seoul City’s first participation in CES in 2020. The Seoul Integration Center, in which 13 organizations collaborate and participate, is an important step in Seoul’s efforts to make Seoul a mecca for startups, and 17 of the companies participating in the Seoul Integration Center proved this by receiving innovation awards. The participating institutions in the Seoul Unification Center are ▲SBA ▲Seoul Bio Hub ▲Campus Town ▲AI Yangjae Hub ▲Gwanak-gu ▲Yonsei University ▲Korea University ▲Chung-Ang University ▲Sogang University ▲Kookmin University ▲Hanyang University ▲Konkuk University ▲Kyunghee University. Not only the Seoul Metropolitan Government, institutions, and companies, but also supporters through industry-academia cooperation are matched 1:1 with companies, and 85 supporters, the largest number, will participate.
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