TECH - IBM Believes Its New 'Heron' Chip Is The First Step To Build A Quantum Computer More Powerful Than A Billion Connected Supercomputers | Benzinga
Tech giant IBM (NYSE:IBM) has introduced an innovative quantum computing chip, “Heron” as it looks beyond silicon chips to usher in a new era of computing and artificial intelligence.
What Happened: IBM’s newly launched Quantum System Two is fueled by three “Heron” cryogenically cooled chips, promising to deliver more powerful and quicker systems than conventional silicon-based computers.
This significant development emerges amid intense technology competition with rivals like Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, and China’s Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU), all vying to build machines that use quantum bits.
IBM says it has devised an innovative method for connecting chips within machines and then connecting these machines. When combined with a new error-correction code, this could pave the way for quantum machines by 2033.
“We are firmly within the era in which quantum computers are being used as a tool to explore new frontiers of science,” said Dario Gil, IBM's director of research.
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