IBM discloses plans to build first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer
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IBM has announced plans to build the world’s first scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computer, which it said will be ready by 2029 and will be able to perform 20,000 times more operations than current quantum computers.
Such a device would allow users to fully explore the complexity of quantum states, which current machines are unable to access.
IBM has also released a Quantum Development Roadmap, and is establishing a new IBM Quantum Data Centre in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Among the milestones on the roadmap are IBM Quantum Loon (2025), which will test architecture components; IBM Quantum Kookaburra (2026), the company’s first modular processor; and IBM Quantum Cockatoo (2027), which will entangle two Kookaburra modules.
The company’s long-term goal is to create IBM Quantum Starling, which will be built using these technologies and be capable of running 100 million quantum operations using 200 logical qubits.