IBM has unveiled the ‘IBM Quantum Heron’, the first in a series of utility-scale quantum processors designed over the past four years to deliver the highest performance metrics and lowest error rates of any IBM Quantum processor to date. IBM has launched its first modular quantum computer, IBM Quantum System Two, which is part of its quantum-centric supercomputing architecture. The system, located in Yorktown Heights, New York, operates with three IBM Heron processors.
IBM has released the ‘IBM Quantum Heron’, the world’s most performant quantum processor, with a five-fold improvement in error reduction over the ‘IBM Quantum Eagle’. IBM Quantum System Two is now operational with three Heron processors, aiming to bring quantum-centric supercomputing to reality.
The IBM Quantum Development Roadmap for the next ten years prioritizes improvements in gate operations for advanced error-corrected systems. Qiskit 1.0, the world’s most widely used open-source quantum programming software, has new features for computational scientists. Dario Gil, IBM SVP and Director of Research said, “We are firmly within the era in which quantum computers are being used as a tool to explore new frontiers of science”.
