IBM, the Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and AMD have launched a quantum error correction (QEC) co-design platform at IBM’s Poughkeepsie facility. The platform colocates IBM’s 120-qubit Quantum Nighthawk r2 processor with ORNL’s Umbra high-performance computing system, which uses AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and 5th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs for hardware-level decoding acceleration. On-premises co-location enables sub-millisecond round-trip feedback loops for real-time syndrome processing, allowing GPU-accelerated decoders to keep pace with the QPU’s 100,000 circuits-per-second repetition rate. The testbed targets scaling from 70 to 100 logical qubits by 2028 under the DOE Quantum Genesis Mission, focusing on multi-layered error-correcting codes and condensed-matter physics simulations linked to ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source. 1