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IBM Q research has built and tested an operational 50 qubit prototype processor, a huge leap up from its previous record of 17 qubits. The company is also set to make a 20 qubit quantum system available online for clients to try, with an updated superconducting design, connectivity and packaging. That'll let users run computations with a "field-leading" 90 microseconds of coherence, allowing "high-fidelity quantum operations," IBM says.
Quantum computers work much differently than regular supercomputers, taking advantage of weird quantum physics principals like "superposition." In theory, they can run specific programs, like encryption-cracking algorithms, many, many times faster than regular computers.
The 50 qubit system (shown below) is a significant leap toward practical quantum computers. In September, Harvard University researchers said they built a 51 qubit model, but it appears that IBM's model held "coherence" longer, allowing more calculations to be done. "We are really proud of this, it's a big frickin' deal," IBM AI and quantum computer director Dario Gil told MIT Technology Review. Other players in quantum computing including Google, Intel and Rigetti..........."
IBM's processor pushes quantum computing closer to 'supremacy'
Quantum computing explained with a deck of cards | Dario Gil, IBM Research
IBM Q research has built and tested an operational 50 qubit prototype processor, a huge leap up from its previous record of 17 qubits. The company is also set to make a 20 qubit quantum system available online for clients to try, with an updated superconducting design, connectivity and packaging. That'll let users run computations with a "field-leading" 90 microseconds of coherence, allowing "high-fidelity quantum operations," IBM says.
Quantum computers work much differently than regular supercomputers, taking advantage of weird quantum physics principals like "superposition." In theory, they can run specific programs, like encryption-cracking algorithms, many, many times faster than regular computers.
The 50 qubit system (shown below) is a significant leap toward practical quantum computers. In September, Harvard University researchers said they built a 51 qubit model, but it appears that IBM's model held "coherence" longer, allowing more calculations to be done. "We are really proud of this, it's a big frickin' deal," IBM AI and quantum computer director Dario Gil told MIT Technology Review. Other players in quantum computing including Google, Intel and Rigetti..........."
IBM's processor pushes quantum computing closer to 'supremacy'
Quantum computing explained with a deck of cards | Dario Gil, IBM Research