Digital Annealer - Quantum Computing Technology, Available Today
Optimize and innovate with Fujitsu’s Quantum-Inspired computing technology - performance that is generations ahead
Fujitsu's Digital Annealer provides an alternative to quantum computing technology, which is at present both very expensive and difficult to run. Using a digital circuit design inspired by quantum phenomena, the Digital Annealer focuses on rapidly solving complex combinatorial optimization problems without the added complications and costs typically associated with quantum computing methods.
The Digital Annealer computational architecture bridges the gap to the quantum world and paves the way for much faster, more efficient solving of today’s business problems. Our quantum-inspired computing solution is designed to solve large-scale combinatorial optimization problems which are unsolvable using today’s classical computers.
Optimize and innovate with the Digital Annealer technology solution
Fujitsu IT Products Limited required a solution to optimize routing and in-stock parts placement. By reducing the time required to select parts and the distance covered by optimizing routes, shelf layout, and parts placement, Digital Annealer effectively reduced the overall travel distance by up to 45%.
Fujitsu Digital Annealer Quantum-Inspired Computing: Real world use cases
Automotive: Factory Optimization
Car manufacturers are looking to improve production efficiencies in order to accelerate deployment of new vehicles. Tasks include logistics improvements, vehicle design and robotics optimization. Digital Annealer-powered production aims to identify errors and flaws such as corrosion, defects, and quality issues immediately improving overall production planning and ultimately vehicle delivery.
Faster Molecular Similarity Search: Drug Discovery
Drug Discovery is ripe for disruption. A time-consuming and expensive process, taking years and costing billions, the industry is crying out for faster, more accurate drug targets to test at clinical trials. However, the technology has not been able to keep up, until now.
Banking and Financial Services: Low-Risk Portfolio Optimization
The Digital Annealer-powered portfolio solution finds the ideal investment allocation to maximize returns by grouping stocks that correlate with price variations, enabling portfolios to be managed with accuracy and reduced risk. The Digital Annealer solution can instantly find the best permutation from among 20 or more stocks (equivalent to more than one quintillion permutations).
Distribution: Warehouse Inventory Management
In factories and distribution warehouses, the time it takes workers to walk around picking parts can be lengthy. Using the Digital Annealer within its own factory environment, the Fujitsu IT services team was able to optimize routes and in-stock part placement, enabling workers to successfully reduce distance traveled by up to 45%, significantly increasing productivity.
Retail: Personalized Digital Marketing
Using the Digital Annealer, marketing agencies and retail companies can accurately and instantly deliver personalized content to existing and prospective customers through engaging and targeted web content, thereby influencing their purchase decisions.
The solution is offered as Fujitsu Digital Annealer Quantum-Inspired Services, comprised of
Technical and Cloud Services to help business optimize and transform operations.
Digital Annealer Business Applications
Route Optimization
Finding the shortest path to a destination - ideal for identifying the quickest transportation routes, public transportation planning, and also applicable in factory robot route optimization.
Industrial Equipment & Networks
Identifying network design problems and developing optimal communication networks for telecom networks, oil and gas pipelines, etc.
Deliveries & Scheduling
Optimizing delivery plans and scheduling - ideal for postal and logistics services requiring delivery scheduling improvements, employee work hours scheduling and event coordination.
Distribution & Warehouse Operations
Improving placement of in-stock parts in factories, stores, and distribution warehouses.
Disaster Recovery
Providing an efficient and quick recovery, rescue and aid plan in the event of a calamity.
Global Partner Collaboration
Fujitsu remains committed to developing leading technology solutions and services to serve global customers, and close collaboration with partners is essential to supporting our customers’ success. Fujitsu has established strong relationships with leading vendor partners and academia in the quantum arena with the goal to advance quantum-inspired technology and optimization services to benefit organizations today and continue to evolve in the future.
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- Quantum-Inspired Computing – What is it and why does it matter?
- Digital Annealer gives MELCO Investments a competitive advantage by providing them with more thorough analysis, to offer stable, long-term returns for their customers
- Fujitsu Quantum–Inspired Digital Annealer Delivers Securitization Optimization for main incubator
- NatWest works with 1QBit and Fujitsu to develop new method of deciding portfolio composition.
- 1QBit raises $45M Series B Round from Fujitsu, Accenture, and Allianz to advance industry applications of quantum computing.
- Fujitsu and 1QBit collaborate on quantum-inspired AI Cloud Service.
Digital Annealer Downloads
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- Brochures
- Digital Annealer brochure
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- Digital Annealer: Become (and remain) the disruptor
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- Optimization in the Mobility Ecosystem Brochure
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- Analyst Report
- Is Business Ready to Make the Quantum Leap?
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- White Papers
- How to transform manufacturing production to become Always Optimal
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- Disrupting and accelerating drug discovery for faster and more accurate lead identification
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- Mobility in Smart City/Regions powered by Quantum-Inspired Optimization
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- The case for quantum and quantum-inspired computing in financial services
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- Digital Annealer Overview
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- The case for quantum and quantum-inspired computing in manufacturing
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- Delivering Quantum-Inspired Optimization Solutions with Fujitsu’s Digital Annealer
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- White book
- Quantum Computing
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- What Quantum (Inspired) Computing can achieve today and in the future
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- Videos
- Accelerating Drug Discovery
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- Reverse Stress Testing - Finance becoming Always Optimal
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- Robotic arm optimization - becoming Always Optimal
Digital Annealer Press Releases
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- March 25, 2020
- Fujitsu Laboratories and Quantum Benchmark Begin
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- March 16, 2020
- Fujitsu designs pioneering drug discovery platform to speed up the process of bringing new drugs to market
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- October 21, 2019
- Fujitsu, SMU, and A*STAR Launch Digital Platform Experimentation Project Using Quantum-Inspired Computing and Deep Learning Technology
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- September 20, 2019
- Fujitsu and PeptiDream Leverage Quantum-Inspired Tech in Joint Research to Accelerate Drug Discovery
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- August 29, 2019
- Fujitsu Quantum–Inspired Digital Annealer Delivers Securitization Optimization for main incubator
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- July 19, 2019
- Fujitsu harnesses Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer technology to optimize output efficiency in power generation for renewable energy devices
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- May 15, 2019
- Businesses Can’t Wait Any Longer for Quantum Computing, Fujitsu Study Confirms
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- March 07, 2019
- Fujitsu Digital Annealer Revolutionizes Problem Solving with Quantum Acceleration
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- January 15, 2019
- Fujitsu and TC3 Promote Quantum Inspired Digital Annealer Next-Generation Architecture in Topcoder Contest
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- December 21, 2018
- Fujitsu Launches Next Generation Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer Service
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- October 02, 2018
- Fujitsu Drives Quantum-Inspired Project to Help Solve NatWest’s Complex Optimization Challenges
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- May 15, 2018
- Fujitsu Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer Cloud Service to Rapidly Resolve Combinatorial Optimization Problems
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- September 20, 2017
- Fujitsu Technology Facilitates Application of Combinatorial Optimization Methods to Real-World Problems
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- September 20, 2017
- Fujitsu Laboratories and University of Toronto Enter Strategic Partnership
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- May 16, 2017
- Fujitsu and 1QBit Collaborate on Quantum Inspired AI Cloud Service
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- October 20, 2016
- Fujitsu Laboratories Develops New Architecture that Rivals Quantum Computers in Utility