IBM Quantum System One is the first
circuit-based commercial
quantum computer
Quantum computing is a type of computation whose operations can harness the phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Devices that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers. Though ...
, introduced by
IBM in January 2019.
This integrated quantum computing system is housed in a 2.7x2.7x2.7 m
airtight glass cube that maintains a controlled physical environment.
The cylinder protruding from the ceiling in the center is a
dilution refrigerator
A 3He/4He dilution refrigerator is a cryogenics, cryogenic device that provides continuous cooling to temperatures as low as 2 Kelvin, mK, with no moving parts in the low-temperature region. The cooling power is provided by the heat o ...
, containing a 20-
qubit
In quantum computing, a qubit () or quantum bit is a basic unit of quantum information—the quantum version of the classic binary bit physically realized with a two-state device. A qubit is a two-state (or two-level) quantum-mechanical system, ...
transmon
In quantum computing, and more specifically in superconducting quantum computing, a transmon is a type of superconducting charge qubit that was designed to have reduced sensitivity to charge noise. The transmon was developed by Robert J. Schoelko ...
quantum processor.
It was tested for the first time in the summer of 2018, for two weeks, in
Milan
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,
Italy
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.
IBM Quantum System One was developed by
IBM Research
IBM Research is the research and development division for IBM, an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. IBM Research is the largest industrial research org ...
, with assistance from the
Map Project Office and Universal Design Studio.
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in a northwestern suburb of Gene ...
,
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30, ...
,
Fermilab
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. Since 2007, Fermilab has been operat ...
,
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research United States Department of Energy National Labs, national laboratory operated by University of Chicago, UChicago Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy. The facil ...
and
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), commonly referred to as the Berkeley Lab, is a United States Department of Energy National Labs, United States national laboratory that is owned by, and conducts scientific research on behalf of, t ...
are among the clients signed up to access the system remotely.
From April 6 to May 31, 2019, the
Boston Museum of Science
The Museum of Science (MoS) is a science museum and indoor zoo in Boston, Massachusetts, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River. Along with over 700 interactive exhibits, the museum features a number of live presentat ...
hosted an exhibit featuring a replica of the IBM Quantum System One.
On June 15, 2021, IBM deployed the first unit of Quantum System One in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
at its headquarters in
Ehningen
Ehningen is a town in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Geography
Ehningen is in Korngäu, on the northwestern edge of Schönbuch nature park. Historically, the city of Ehningen was located north of the Würm, but th ...
.
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See also
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IBM Eagle
IBM Eagle is a 127-qubit quantum processor
Quantum computing is a type of computation whose operations can harness the phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Devices that perform quantum computa ...
*
IBM Quantum Experience
The IBM Quantum Composer and the IBM Quantum Lab (previously known collectively as the IBM Quantum Experience) form an online platform allowing public and premium access to cloud-based quantum computing services provided by IBM Quantum. This inclu ...
*
Timeline of quantum computing and communication
This is a timeline of quantum computing.
1960s 1968
* Stephen Wiesner invents conjugate coding. (published in ACM SIGACT News 15(1):78–88)
1970s
1970
* James Park articulates the no-cloning theorem.
1973
* Alexander Holevo ...
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Superconducting quantum computing
Superconducting quantum computing is a branch of solid state quantum computing which implements superconducting electronic circuits using superconducting qubits as artificial atoms, or quantum dots. For superconducting qubits, the two logic states ...
*
Qiskit
Qiskit is an open-source Software development kit, software development kit (SDK) for working with Quantum Computer, quantum computers at the level of circuits, pulses, and algorithms. It provides tools for creating and manipulating Quantum circu ...
References
External links
Official website
Quantum computing
Computer-related introductions in 2019
IBM computers
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