IBM presents its first modular quantum computer (video)
The American company IBM presented a modular quantum computer Quantum System Two at the annual Quantum Summit conference. It is powered by three Heron chips.
The Heron processor operates with 133 qubits and produces five times fewer errors during computing processes compared to the Eagle chip from the same manufacturer.
Today, quantum processors are used by employees of the US Department of Energy, the University of Tokyo (Japan), the Australian startup Q-CTRL, and the University of Cologne (Germany) for research in such fields as chemistry, physics, materials science, and others.
The advantages of a modular quantum computer are clear. The system is designed in such a way that it can be supplemented with new equipment – processors, servers and other components – to improve its technical characteristics.
