Strangeworks announces an expansion of its global operations by becoming the first international reseller of NEC’s quantum-inspired Vector Annealing Service. Strangeworks will be offering this Vector Annealing Service to its customers in U.S., Europe, and Asia. Additionally, the company is opening a new office in Tokyo, Japan, to strengthen its presence in the Japanese market and enhance global accessibility to advanced optimization technologies.
The NEC Vector Annealing Service, leveraging NEC’s proprietary quantum-inspired annealing algorithm, offers high-speed optimization for complex combinatorial problems such as shipping routes, production planning, and fraud detection. Strangeworks’ partnership with NEC positions it as a key player in delivering these advanced solutions worldwide. The Vector Annealing Service 2.0, available now, supports problems up to 300,000 bits, with the upgraded 3.0 service expected to introduce new features like Constraint Priority and Higher-Order Terms Support. Strangeworks will be offering this Vector Annealing Service to its customers in U.S., Europe, and Asia.
Strangeworks CEO William ‘whurley’ Hurley highlighted the significance of this partnership, emphasizing the strategic advantage of offering NEC’s cutting-edge technology across multiple global markets. NEC’s Shigeki Wada also praised the collaboration, noting the service’s successful applications in optimization and its potential for broader industry impact.
For more information, you can view the announcement posted on Strangework’s website here.
July 18, 2024
