By ynet Global
Publication Date: 2026-08-20 08:34:00
IBM said Wednesday that it has successfully connected and cooled two modular cryogenic systems into a single operating environment, marking a step in its effort to build larger quantum computers capable of linking hundreds of quantum chips.
The company said the two modules, which together stand more than 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide, were cooled to 4 Kelvin, the temperature of liquid helium, in under five days and later reached temperatures below 15 millikelvin. IBM says the system is part of the infrastructure it is developing for IBM Quantum Starling, a fault-tolerant quantum computer it aims to deliver in 2029.
Fault-tolerant quantum computing is intended to reduce the effect of errors that can disrupt quantum calculations. Reaching that goal requires not only improvements in processor design and error correction but also systems capable of operating large…
