Subj : IBM "Q System One"
To   : All
From : warmfuzzy
Date : Sat Mar 09 2019 02:25:17

At the 2019 Comsumer Elecronics Show (CES), IBM unveiled IBM Q System One,
the world's first integrated universal approximate quantum computing system
designed for scientific and commerical use.  IBM also announced plans to open
its first IBM Q Quantum Computation Center for commercial clients in
Poughkeepsie, New York in 2019.  IBM Q systems are designed to one day tackle
problems that are currently seen as too complicated and exponential in nature
for classical systems to handle.  Future applications of quantum computing
may include finding new ways to model financial data and isolating key global
risk factors to make better investments, or finding the optimal path across
glogal systems for ultra-efficient logistics and optimizing fleet operations
for deliveries.  Designed by IBM scientists, systems engineers and industrial
designers, IBM Q System One has a sophisticated, modular and compact design
optimized for stability, reliability and continuous commerical use.  For the
first time ever, IBM Q System One enables universal approximate superconducting
quantum computers to operate beyond the confines of the research lab.  Much as
classical computers combine multiple components into an integrated architecture
optimized to work together, IBM is applying the same approach to quantum
computing with the first integrated universal quantum computing system.  IBM Q
System One is comprised of a number of custom components that work together to
serve as the most advanced cloud-based quantum computing program available,
including:

- Quantum hardware designed to be stable and auto-calibrated to give
    repeatable and predictable high-quality qubits.
- Cryogenic engineering that delivers a continuous cold and isolated quantum
    environment
- High precision electronics in compact form factors to tightly control large
    numbers of qubits
- Quantum firmware to manage the system health and enable system upgrades
    without downtime for users; and 
- Classical computation to provide secure cloud access and hybrid execution
    of quantum algorithms

-source:
"IBM Unveils World's First Integrated Quantum Computing System For Commerical
Use"
http://newsroom.ibm.com/2019-01-08-IBM-Unbeils-Worlds-First_Integrated-Quantum-
Computing-System-for-Commercial-Use
Retreived March 8, 2019

This is only an abstract of the full article, see their "IBM News Room" for
more details.


Best regards,
warmfuzzy

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