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We are firmly within the era in which quantum computers are being used as a tool to explore new frontiers of science .
As demonstrated by IBM last year on a 127-qubit IBM Quantum Eagle processor , IBM Quantum systems can now serve as a scientific tool to explore utilityscale classes of problems in chemistry , physics , and materials beyond brute force classical simulation of quantum mechanics .
Since that demonstration , leading researchers , scientists and engineers from organizations including the US Department of Energy ’ s Argonne National Laboratory , the University of Tokyo , the University of Washington , the University of Cologne , Harvard University , Qedma , Algorithmiq , UC Berkeley , Q-CTRL , Fundacion Ikerbasque , Donostia International Physics Center and the University of the Basque Country , as well as IBM , have expanded demonstrations of utility-scale Quantum
Computing to confirm its value in exploring uncharted computational territory .
This includes experiments already running on the new IBM Quantum Heron 133-qubit processor , which IBM is making available for users via the cloud .
IBM Heron is the first in IBM ’ s new class of performant processors with significantly improved error rates , offering a five-times improvement over the previous best records set by IBM Eagle .
Additional IBM Heron processors will join IBM ’ s industry-leading , utility-scale fleet of systems over the course of the next year .
IBM Quantum System Two and Extended IBM Quantum Development Roadmap
IBM Quantum System Two is the foundation of IBM ’ s next generation Quantum Computing system architecture . It combines scalable cryogenic infrastructure and classical runtime servers with modular qubit control electronics .
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