IBM Quantum Eagle Processor, 127-Qubit
UTokyo and IBM announced the deployment of a 127-qubit IBM Quantum Eagle processor in Japan’s first IBM Quantum System One today. Researchers from Quantum Innovation Initiative (QII) Consortium institutions want to use the system’s new processor for quantum research in bioinformatics, high-energy physics, materials science, and finance.
The region’s first utility-scale processor is the 127-qubit IBM Quantum Eagle Processor. IBM describes ‘utility-scale’ as the point where quantum computers can be used to study new issues. IBM and UC Berkeley scientists released findings in Nature in June showing that quantum computers may yield results at a scale of more than 100 qubits, surpassing classical techniques.
“For the first time outside North America, a quantum computer with a 127-qubit processor is available for exclusive use with QII members,” said UTokyo Executive Vice President Hiroaki Aihara. “A supercomputer can simulate 50 qubits, and that allows large-scale and complex calculations that would be impossible without a quantum computer. IBM aspire to contribute to a diverse, hopeful future society by fostering research in several sectors and implementing quantum-related technology socially.
Leading utility-scale research in Japan
Since joining the IBM Quantum Network in 2019, UTokyo has expanded Japanese quantum computing access. The 2020 Japan-IBM Quantum Partnership effort, which included the QII Consortium, aims to increase industry-academia-government collaboration to advance Japan’s quantum scientific, business, and education leadership.
With a utility-scale IBM Quantum System One using more powerful quantum technology, including advanced hardware and tools to explore how error mitigation can enable accuracy, UTokyo joins other pioneering organizations and universities in IBM’s recently established working groups to advance quantum computing, including Healthcare and Life Sciences, where UTokyo and QII scientists will conduct exploratory bioinformatics research.
“We are excited to collaborate with QII Consortium organizations on the problems we anticipate will push the limits of today’s quantum systems and begin to extract scientific and business value by equipping UTokyo with a utility-scale IBM Quantum Systems One,” said IBM Fellow and Vice President, IBM Quantum, Jay Gambetta.
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