On October 25th, the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center announced a significant breakthrough achieved by Chinese scientists. They successfully conducted the world’s largest scale quantum computational fluid dynamics simulation on China’s third-generation self-developed superconducting quantum computer, “Benyuan Wukong.” This achievement marks a major advancement in the application of quantum computing capabilities to address real-world challenges.

The research team behind this project consisted of experts from the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center’s Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, the University of Science and Technology of China, and several collaborating institutions, including Benyuan Quantum Computing Technology (Hefei) Co., Ltd. Their findings were published in the renowned international journal, *Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering*.

On October 24th, researchers were seen operating and fine-tuning the superconducting quantum computer. According to Dou Menghan, Deputy Director of the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center, computational fluid dynamics is widely utilized in fields such as aerospace, automotive engineering, and ship design. However, traditional computers are increasingly unable to meet the demands for scale, accuracy, and speed in these areas. He emphasized that quantum computing can significantly accelerate the simulation processes in fluid dynamics, leading to shorter development cycles and cost savings.

Dr. Ye Chuangchao, a member of the research team, discussed the challenges posed by quantum noise and limited qubit resources in the Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) phase. To tackle these issues, the team innovatively proposed the Iterative-QLS and Sub-QLS algorithms, which effectively mitigate the impact of quantum noise on computational accuracy. He stated, “Leveraging these algorithms, we successfully performed a high-precision simulation of the unsteady acoustic wave propagation problem using ‘Benyuan Wukong,’ showcasing the potential of superconducting quantum computers in large-scale fluid dynamics simulations.”

Guo Guoping, Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the principal investigator of the “Benyuan Wukong” research team, noted that this study not only demonstrates the capabilities of China’s self-developed superconducting quantum computer to conduct large-scale and high-precision fluid dynamics research but also provides new tools and methods for exploring more complex scientific problems.

“Benyuan Wukong” is China’s most advanced programmable and deliverable superconducting quantum computer. Since its launch in January of this year, it has provided quantum cloud services to over 15 million users from 133 countries and regions, successfully completing 270,000 quantum computing tasks.