By John Koetsier
Publication Date: 2025-11-12 17:01:00
IBM unveiled new quantum computing milestones and achievements today at its developer conference
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IBM says that the wider quantum computing community will confirm quantum advantage by the end of 2026 and fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2029. IBM also said that it has doubled speed of chip development, shifted to 300-millimeter wafers and boosted the physical complexity of its quantum chips by a factor of 10.
The company made both statements at its annual Quantum Developer Conference in New York.
“We believe that IBM is the only company that is positioned to rapidly invent and scale quantum software, hardware, fabrication, and error correction to unlock transformative applications,” Director of IBM Research Jay Gambetta said in a statement. “We are thrilled to announce many of these milestones today.”
Among the announcements today:
- IBM Quantum Nighthawk: a 120-qubit processor with 218 tunable couplers, 20% more than the previous generation, available this year
- IBM Quantum…
