* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    REO to return for UI homecoming – The News-Gazette

    REO Gears Up to Ignite the Stage at UI Homecoming Celebration!

    Gen V Season 2: What is The Odessa Project? – yahoo.com

    Gen V Season 2: Unlocking the Secrets of The Odessa Project

    PENN Entertainment stock rating reiterated at Market Outperform by JMP – Investing.com

    PENN Entertainment Stock Rated a Market Outperformer by Experts

    Here’s how NJ’s once-vibrant nightclub scene was born and why it died – Bergen Record

    The Rise and Fall of New Jersey’s Once-Vibrant Nightclub Scene: What Happened?

    The Emmys are back: Viewership soars to highest numbers in 4 years – yahoo.com

    The Emmys Return with a Bang: Viewership Hits a 4-Year High

    From Spinal Tap II to Ed Sheeran : your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead – The Guardian

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    China says US TikTok deal a ‘win-win’, will review app’s technology and IP transfers – Reuters

    China Hails US TikTok Deal as a ‘Win-Win’ While Launching Review of App’s Technology and IP Transfers

    Bucking the Odds: Why Technology Companies Should Embrace Software Patents Today – Crowell & Moring LLP

    Bucking the Odds: Why Technology Companies Should Embrace Software Patents Today – Crowell & Moring LLP

    City IT presented Best of North Carolina Technology Award – RaleighNC.gov

    City IT Honored with Best of North Carolina Technology Award

    LELO Releases 2025 Futurist Report: Intergenerational Views on Relationships, Sex, and Technology – PR Newswire

    Exploring the Future: How Different Generations View Relationships, Sex, and Technology in 2025

    Will New Big Technology Engagements Reshape Innodata’s Growth Path? – Yahoo Finance

    Could New Major Tech Partnerships Propel Innodata to Unprecedented Growth?

    Unlocking AI Success: How People, Process, and Technology Form the Ultimate Triangle

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    REO to return for UI homecoming – The News-Gazette

    REO Gears Up to Ignite the Stage at UI Homecoming Celebration!

    Gen V Season 2: What is The Odessa Project? – yahoo.com

    Gen V Season 2: Unlocking the Secrets of The Odessa Project

    PENN Entertainment stock rating reiterated at Market Outperform by JMP – Investing.com

    PENN Entertainment Stock Rated a Market Outperformer by Experts

    Here’s how NJ’s once-vibrant nightclub scene was born and why it died – Bergen Record

    The Rise and Fall of New Jersey’s Once-Vibrant Nightclub Scene: What Happened?

    The Emmys are back: Viewership soars to highest numbers in 4 years – yahoo.com

    The Emmys Return with a Bang: Viewership Hits a 4-Year High

    From Spinal Tap II to Ed Sheeran : your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead – The Guardian

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    China says US TikTok deal a ‘win-win’, will review app’s technology and IP transfers – Reuters

    China Hails US TikTok Deal as a ‘Win-Win’ While Launching Review of App’s Technology and IP Transfers

    Bucking the Odds: Why Technology Companies Should Embrace Software Patents Today – Crowell & Moring LLP

    Bucking the Odds: Why Technology Companies Should Embrace Software Patents Today – Crowell & Moring LLP

    City IT presented Best of North Carolina Technology Award – RaleighNC.gov

    City IT Honored with Best of North Carolina Technology Award

    LELO Releases 2025 Futurist Report: Intergenerational Views on Relationships, Sex, and Technology – PR Newswire

    Exploring the Future: How Different Generations View Relationships, Sex, and Technology in 2025

    Will New Big Technology Engagements Reshape Innodata’s Growth Path? – Yahoo Finance

    Could New Major Tech Partnerships Propel Innodata to Unprecedented Growth?

    Unlocking AI Success: How People, Process, and Technology Form the Ultimate Triangle

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Science

Scientists just built a massive 1,000-qubit quantum chip, but why are they more excited about one 10 times smaller?

December 11, 2023
in Science
Scientists just built a massive 1,000-qubit quantum chip, but why are they more excited about one 10 times smaller?
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Futuristic central processor unit. Powerful Quantum CPU on PCB motherboard with data transfers.

IBM has announced its first quantum computing processor that exceeds 1,000 qubits – the second largest chip ever made.
(Image credit: da-kuk via Getty Images)

IBM has announced its first quantum computing processor that exceeds 1,000 qubits, or quantum bits. That makes it the second-largest chip ever made, but researchers are far more excited about one that’s a tenth that size.

The 1,121-qubit IBM Quantum Condor chip is built on the architecture of its previous flagship, the 127-qubit Eagle chip. In size, it is just shy of the record holder, a 1,125-qubit machine unveiled by the company Atom in October.

But as part of its 10-year quantum computing road map, IBM said it won’t put any of these Condor processors into its “next-generation” System Two quantum computer that would use multiple, simultaneous quantum processors. 

Instead, it plans to use the newly launched IBM Quantum Heron processors, which have just 133 qubits each. 

Why 100 qubits can be better than 1,000

Classical computers, ranging from smartphones to the most powerful supercomputers, perform calculations by storing information in bits that can take a value of either 0 or 1. 

Quantum computing, on the other hand, relies on qubits, which, thanks to the weird rules of quantum mechanics, rely on a phenomenon known as superposition, in which particles can simultaneously exist in multiple states at once. Qubits can exist in multiple states at once, and if the qubits are stitched together so that their fates are also entangled, they can exist in all states simultaneously while calculations are underway.

As the qubit count rises, the number of simultaneous computational states scales, too, which dramatically slashes the time it takes to perform calculations. For quantum computers to dethrone today’s best classical computers, however, scientists would still need a quantum processor with millions of qubits. 

And that’s a problem, because qubits are notoriously error-prone and need to be kept at near absolute zero, which is minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 273.15 degrees Celsius). One in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (billion billion) bits in conventional computers fails, while the failure rate in quantum computers is closer to 1 in 1,000. 

That’s why IBM is far more excited by its Heron chip — its error rate is five times lower than that of the behemoth Condor.

Still, that doesn’t mean IBM isn’t aren’t thrilled with Condor’s performance.

“We had to be innovative to yield all qubits on this chip, and develop methods to overcome mechanical issues associated with cooling such a large chip.” Matthias Steffen, IBM fellow of quantum processor technologies, told Live Science in an email.

The researchers showed that a large chip can be cooled in a single-dilution refrigerator, Steffen added, and led them to refine the configuration of 1-mile-long (1.6 kilometers) coaxial cabling. Much of this has been incorporated into how Heron will be built and incorporated into IBM’s next-generation “System Two” quantum computer.

System Two, which is already operational in New York, boasts three Heron processors and is the first quantum computer with a modular architecture, meaning qubits can be added as needed over time — a bit like snapping in extra Lego blocks.

Building toward a future with quantum supremacy will require improving hardware by integrating new error-correcting code, which allows for the scaling of the qubit count without compromising the error-correcting efficiency, Steffen said.

Stay up to date on the latest science news by signing up for our Essentials newsletter.

Keumars is the technology editor at Live Science. He has written for a variety of publications including ITPro, The Week Digital, ComputerActive and TechRadar Pro. He holds a BSc in Biomedical Sciences, and has worked as a technology journalist for more than five years.

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : Live Science – https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/ibm-scientists-built-massive-condor-1000-qubit-quantum-computer-chip-133-qubit-heron-system-two

Tags: MassivescienceScientists
Previous Post

Epigenetics linked to the maximum life spans of mammals — including us

Next Post

Human–wild bird cooperation | Science

New approach improves right whale distribution models – EurekAlert!

Breakthrough Technique Boosts Precision in Mapping Right Whale Populations

September 18, 2025

Are Six-Figure Tech Careers Disappearing? Why Computer Science Graduates Are Struggling to Find Even Minimum Wage Jobs

September 18, 2025
Scientists reverse stroke damage with stem cells – ScienceDaily

Breakthrough Discovery: Scientists Successfully Reverse Stroke Damage with Stem Cells

September 18, 2025
New statewide SC lifestyle show ‘Palmetto Life Weekend’ to air on WMBF News – WMBF

Discover South Carolina’s Charm: New Lifestyle Show ‘Palmetto Life Weekend’ Premieres Statewide

September 18, 2025
China says US TikTok deal a ‘win-win’, will review app’s technology and IP transfers – Reuters

China Hails US TikTok Deal as a ‘Win-Win’ While Launching Review of App’s Technology and IP Transfers

September 18, 2025

Ireland Contracting Nightly Sports Call: Sept. 17, 2025 – CBS News

September 18, 2025
Trump Designates Antifa ‘Terror Organisation’ Days After Charlie Kirk Murder – NDTV

Trump Designates Antifa ‘Terror Organisation’ Days After Charlie Kirk Murder – NDTV

September 18, 2025
Study: UIS contributes nearly $1 billion to the Illinois economy – NPR Illinois

Study: UIS contributes nearly $1 billion to the Illinois economy – NPR Illinois

September 18, 2025
REO to return for UI homecoming – The News-Gazette

REO Gears Up to Ignite the Stage at UI Homecoming Celebration!

September 18, 2025
WATCH: Former CDC doctor says U.S. is on track to see uptick in preventable diseases under Kennedy – PBS

WATCH: Former CDC Doctor Warns of Rising Preventable Diseases in the U.S

September 18, 2025

Categories

Archives

September 2025
MTWTFSS
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930 
« Aug    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (825)
  • Economy (844)
  • Entertainment (21,723)
  • General (17,103)
  • Health (9,889)
  • Lifestyle (859)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (849)
  • Politics (854)
  • Science (16,056)
  • Sports (21,344)
  • Technology (15,827)
  • World (828)

Recent News

New approach improves right whale distribution models – EurekAlert!

Breakthrough Technique Boosts Precision in Mapping Right Whale Populations

September 18, 2025

Are Six-Figure Tech Careers Disappearing? Why Computer Science Graduates Are Struggling to Find Even Minimum Wage Jobs

September 18, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version