IBM Q System One includes thousands of components housed in a unique case: a 3x3 meter glass chamber that allows the sensitive quantum bits to operate without interruptions and in conditions of extreme cold and low air pressure

IBM unveiled tonight (Tuesday) at the CES exhibition in Las Vegas the IBM Q System One - the first quantum computing system of its kind in the world intended for scientific and commercial use. These systems were designed by scientists, systems engineers and industrial designers working within IBM and make it possible, for the first time, to operate a facility based on quantum processing outside the scope of the research laboratories.
The computing power of quantum systems immeasurably exceeds the capabilities of classical computing systems, and they are designed so that in the future they can deal with problems that are considered too complex for the computers that exist today. Applications of such systems may include solving complex problems related to molecular and chemical interactions, developing new drugs, new materials, building financial models, managing risks or improving transportation systems.
Classic computers are built in a case that combines a large number of components into a single architecture. IBM has applied a similar approach to the field of quantum computing and the IBM Q systems one combines thousands of components working together to offer the most advanced computing device of its kind operating in the cloud environment. This is one of the most sophisticated, modular and compact systems ever built, while ensuring stability, reliability and regular operation.
A sealed glass chamber like the one that keeps the Mona Lisa
IBM harnessed industrial designers, architects and production experts to the project, including the Goppion company from Milan - the manufacturer of display cases for museums, whose display cases protect some of the world's most valuable art treasures, including the Mona Lisa in the Louvre and the Crown Diamonds in London.
IBM Q System One is built as a 3x3 meter cube made of one and a half cm thick glass that creates an airtight case. In addition, the system contains external cooling and electronic control components, while maintaining separation and isolation between the various components to prevent vibrations and disturbances that would disrupt the activity of the quantum bits.
The unique system is designed to deal with one of the biggest challenges of quantum computing: continuously maintaining the quality of the quantum bits (qubit) against external interference. The quantum bits are incredibly sensitive to environmental conditions and can quickly lose their unique properties. Even the most advanced bits, based on superconductors, usually survive no more than a hundred milliseconds, and the decrease in their performance is partly due to disturbances in the environment such as vibrations, temperature differences, and electromagnetic waves.
Protection against these interferences is one of the reasons why quantum computers and their integrated components require careful engineering design and high-quality insulation, usually only available in laboratories. For example, the quantum activity takes place only in extreme cold conditions, therefore refrigeration engineering is needed to provide continuous working conditions in an environment of extremely low temperature and extremely low air pressure.
Arvind Krishna, IBM's senior vice president for the hybrid cloud, who heads the company's research laboratories, said: "IBM Q System One is a significant step on the way to the commercialization of quantum computing. This new system is critical to the expansion of quantum computing beyond the scope of research laboratories, and to the work to develop practical applications of quantum computing for business and scientific use".
Exxon Mobile and a number of leading research laboratories are joining IBM's quantum computing network
Also at CES, IBM revealed that the international energy giant ExxonMobil, as well as a number of leading research laboratories such as the European CERN, the US Argonne National Laboratory, the Fermilab Laboratory and the Berkeley National Laboratory, have joined the IBM Q network - a network of partners and a research program in the field of quantum computing .
IBM Q Network is the first scientific community in the world that brings together Fortune 500 companies, startup companies, academic bodies and research laboratories, working together with IBM in order to promote quantum computing. It provides participating organizations with access through the cloud to the most advanced quantum computing systems in the world, experience and use of processing resources - including quantum software and development tools.
Exxon-Mobil will leverage joining the IBM Q Network to examine ways to deal with particularly complex calculations and perform simulations and optimization of power supply systems, environmentally friendly quantum chemistry and discovery of new materials for managing CO2 emissions.
The European research laboratories CERN will use quantum systems offered by Q Network to sort through the results of experiments at the European particle accelerator and to examine new ways of understanding the universe. The Argonne National Laboratory will develop quantum algorithms that will help in dealing with challenges in the fields of chemistry and physics. Fermilab will use quantum computing for machine learning tasks in classifying objects observed as part of a large-scale cosmological survey. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories will use IBM Q for research in the field of quantum computing and the development and simulation of algorithms in the fields of the dynamics of different aggregation states in complex molecular structures, and the examination of theories in the fields of high energy physics.
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Father, thanks for the answer, sounds interesting!
Yariv, your question is currently 15, in the coming months there will be an upgrade to 50, but increasing the number of qubits as long as there is noise in each qubit will not help because it will increase the noise by the power of the addition of the number of processors, therefore IBM in Haifa is developing software that will help the hardware reduce the noise. All this and more in the interview I conducted with Noam Zakai, who is responsible for knowledge commercialization at IBM Europe, and will be published when I return to Israel.
my father
The article is missing some important data:
1. How many qubits does this computer have?
2. Will it blend?
weak. Even the number of Q Bits in the system is not mentioned
All this nonsense is not true
Let's just hope that after all this no one confuses pounds per square inch with kilograms per square meter