IBM launches 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor, previews IBM Quantum System Two

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IBM launches 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor, previews IBM Quantum System Two
November 15, 2021
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-l...um-processor-previews-ibm-quantum-system-two/

IBM announced a new 127-qubit processor called Eagle and previewed designs for IBM Quantum System Two, Big Blue's next-generation quantum system.

The news, announced at IBM Quantum Summit, highlights IBM's hardware progress. Last year, IBM outlined its hardware and software roadmaps. By 2025, IBM is projecting that there will be frictionless quantum computing to enable a broad array of applications that will surpass classical computing.
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Eagle represents a big step toward scaling quantum computing and is the company's first processor to contain more than 100 qubits, said Bob Sutor, chief quantum exponent at IBM. "Eagle is a punctuation point of where we are and that everything is on track," said Sutor.

According to IBM, Eagle leverages new techniques that place control components on multiple physical levels while keeping qubits on a single layer.

"Building quantum processors is a lot more complicated because of the nature of qubits and how they all need to work together," said Sutor, who added that it's critical to eliminate interference.
The upshot of that Eagle 3D packaging architecture is that more usable qubits can be used. Sutor added that Eagle couldn't be completely simulated on a classical computer.
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IBM also previewed its Quantum System Two, which is designed to work with processors with more than 1,000 qubits. IBM Quantum System Two will be more modular with the ability to house and cool multiple processors in one system.

This Quantum System Two architecture enables customers to manipulate and test portions of the system without affecting the entire setup. The latest quantum system from IBM will be up and running in 2023 at IBM Research.
Sutor didn't provide goals for the number of IBM Quantum System Two to be deployed. Sutor, however, was optimistic that IBM can use Quantum System Two to expand its footprint.
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On the modularity of Quantum System Two, IBM said:

With this system, we're giving flexibility to our hardware to continue to increase the scale of our chips. The team is taking a holistic systems approach to understand the necessary resources to support not only our upcoming Osprey and Condor processors, but also quantum processors into the future as we continue to progress along our hardware roadma
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IBM Quantum Summit 2021
https://summit.quantum-computing.ibm.com/

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