# Jülich Supercomputing Centre and Q.ANT start a four-year photonic computing partnership

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/julich-supercomputing-centre-and-q-ant-start-a-four-year-photonic-467be46c
Date: 18 Nov 2025
About: [Q.ANT](https://technooptimist.io/companies/q-ant.md) · [Photonic Native Processing Unit](https://technooptimist.io/computing/native-processing-unit.md)
Original source: https://www.photonicsonline.com/doc/computing-light-forschungszentrum-julich-q-ant-launch-collaboration-photonic-computing-0001

JSC will buy a Q.ANT Photonic Native Processing Server, integrate it into its modular supercomputing setup and develop algorithms suited to computing with light. Results feed back into Q.ANT's chip design.

## Key facts

- Multi-year co-design partnership with a four-year focus.
- Aims to accelerate scientific applications and kernel routines on photonic hardware.

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