Toshiba: Bifurcation Simulation Algorithm (SBA)

2021: Toshiba brings quantum computing to regular computers

In early April 2021, it became known that Toshiba implemented the possibility of integrating its Simulated Bifurcation Algorithm or SBA with a programmable gate array (FPGA), which can be connected to workstations.

The bifurcation simulation algorithm created by Toshiba senior researcher Hayato Goto can increase the performance of computers and cluster servers several times. This technology allows you to make a regular PC faster than the most advanced computer. The bifurcation simulation algorithm uses the basic principles of quantum computing, despite the fact that it works on traditional personal computers.

Toshiba brings quantum computing to PCs

Toshiba engineers have integrated FPGA and SBA into an Intel PCIe card that can be easily connected to a standard workstation for instant computing performance.

SBAs are ideal for vehicle routing, supply chain management, molecular modeling, risk assessment, etc.

Toshiba offers bifurcation simulation machines (SBM), which are physical systems running on bifurcation algorithms. These SBMs are also part of the ecosystem Microsoft Azure Quantum and can also be used through the trading platform. Amazon AWS While Toshiba offers SBM free of charge, AWS charges 3.06 per dollar hour of use in its service. EC2 As of early April 2021, Toshiba is testing ready-to-use versions of SBM in. Japan The company claims that portable SBM, in addition to workstations and servers, can also be connected to and. to drones to robots

If successful, plug-and-play SBMs can solve complex and large-scale problems on standard hardware, eliminating the need for specialized hardware and significantly reducing supercomputer costs.^[1]

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