What is quantum computing?

Published on 3 November 2024 at 10:54

Quantum computing uses specialized technology, including computing hardware and algorithms that leverage quantum mechanics, to solve complex problems that classical computers or supercomputers cannot solve, or cannot solve fast enough.

Today, IBM Quantum is making real quantum hardware—a tool that scientists only began to imagine three decades ago—available to hundreds of thousands of developers. Engineers deliver ever more powerful superconducting quantum processors at regular intervals, along with crucial advances in classical quantum orchestration and software. This work drives the speed and capacity of quantum computing needed to change the world.

These machines are very different from the classical computers that have been around for more than half a century. Here’s an introduction to this transformative technology.

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