Achieve utility scale with Fire Opal on IBM Quantum
Unlock turnkey capabilities, speed, and performance with Fire Opal, natively deployed in IBM Quantum Functions (formerly Qiskit Functions).
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Fast track utility-scale applications with peak hardware performance across every run
Fire Opal’s AI-driven error suppression and noise-aware solvers make it possible to run challenging problems and push the boundaries of what’s possible on quantum hardware. Now you can access the power of Fire Opal directly on IBM Quantum Functions.
Performance Management Function
Automatically applies best-in-class AI-driven error suppression and circuit optimization to every algorithm you run with zero overhead.
Run circuits up to full-device scale with thousands of gates
Apply to any algorithm with no settings or configuration
Reduce compute time up to 1,000X by eliminating error-mitigation overhead
Dynamics Simulator Function
Start simulating materials physics at utility scale on real quantum hardware, from battery materials to catalysts, with accuracy on par with classical methods.
Skip circuit design by defining a 1D Fermi-Hubbard model, your initial state and observables
Run on your chosen IBM backend with no quantum hardware expertise
Suppress errors automatically with zero shot overhead, even as systems scale
Optimization Solver Function
Input a high-level problem definition and get utility-scale optimization results on real quantum hardware. The noise-aware workflow runs Fire Opal Performance Management under the hood.
Solve constrained and unconstrained problems at full device scale with up to 100% accuracy
Skip circuit design with a fully packaged, preconfigured hybrid solver
Run any graph or cost function, independent of device details or connectivity
Getting started with IBM Quantum Functions is simple
Contact Q-CTRL to get access
Fill out the form to try out either of Q-CTRL’s IBM Quantum Functions for free.
Connect to the IBM Quantum Functions Catalog
Import the QiskitFunctionsCatalog from the qiskit-ibm-catalog package.
Authenticate with your IBM Quantum credentials
No need to sign up or manage any other accounts. Simply use your IBM Quantum credentials.
Run your utility-scale workload
Use the Q-CTRL Functions via a single .run call to apply error suppression methods that enable performance at scale.
Where to find Fire Opal
Powering record-breaking innovation across the industry
Discover how researchers worldwide are leveraging our technology to push the boundaries of what's possible with quantum computing.
This collaboration demonstrates how hybrid quantum workflows can become practical tools for computer-aided drug discovery, enabling us to explore computational approaches that were previously out of reach.
Solving the distribution network reconfiguration problem requires advanced optimization approaches that can combine the strengths of classical and quantum computing. Working with Q-CTRL enabled us to construct a hybrid quantum-classical workflow that leverages these combined strengths, unlocking the performance available on IBM Quantum hardware through Fire Opal’s optimization and error suppression capabilities.
Q-CTRL played a key role in extending our quantum collision-model simulations of Markovian quantum processes on IBM superconducting hardware. Their hardware-aware execution expertise, together with Fire Opal's error-management software, helped us achieve long-time simulations beyond previously demonstrated scales.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, IBM Quantum Plan customers are eligible for a free trial of IBM Quantum Functions (formerly Qiskit Functions).
Use IBM Quantum Functions if you’re an IBM Quantum customer who wants a similar workflow and developer experience as Qiskit. Fire Opal is great for hardware-agnostic users who want a single interface to improve performance across multiple hardware providers.
The user interface and hosting model are different. IBM Quantum Functions are offered through IBM’s Qiskit Serverless package, and they are hosted and managed by IBM, which enables them to use IBM authentication. Fire Opal is a standalone Python package connected to a cloud service hosted and managed by Q-CTRL.
IBM Quantum Premium and Flex Plan customers can access Fire Opal on IBM Quantum Functions directly on the platform.
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