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Investing.com -- IBM announced on Friday that it has successfully run a key quantum computing algorithm on standard chips from Advanced Micro Devices, marking a significant step toward making quantum computers commercially viable.
Quantum computers utilize qubits to solve complex problems that would take traditional computers thousands of years to process, such as analyzing how trillions of atoms interact over time. However, these qubits are susceptible to errors that can quickly undermine the computational work of quantum chips.
IBM developed an algorithm in June designed to address these errors when used alongside quantum chips. According to a research paper to be published Monday, IBM has demonstrated that these algorithms can operate in real time on AMD’s field programmable gate array chips.
Jay Gambetta, IBM’s vice president overseeing quantum efforts, emphasized that this achievement proves the algorithm works in practical applications and can run on readily available AMD hardware that isn’t "ridiculously expensive."
"Implementing it, and showing that the implementation is actually 10 times faster than what is needed, is a big deal," Gambetta said.
The company is working toward building a quantum computer called Starling by 2029. Gambetta noted that the algorithm work announced Friday was completed a year ahead of IBM’s planned schedule.
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