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    Behind IBM’s Quantum Computing Solution

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    Darryl K. Taft
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    May 11, 2016
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      1Behind IBM’s Quantum Computing Solution

      1 - Behind IBM’s Quantum Computing Solution

      Quantum computing performs new operations on data or operations outside standard models of computation. We look at IBM’s quantum computing technology.

      2IBM 5-Qubit Processor

      2 - IBM 5-Qubit Processor

      IBM scientists have achieved a further advance by combining 5 qubits in the lattice architecture, which demonstrates a key operation known as a parity measurement—the basis of many quantum error-correction protocols.

      3IBM Makes Quantum Computing Available on IBM Cloud

      3 - IBM Makes Quantum Computing Available on IBM Cloud

      IBM Quantum Computing Scientist Jay Gambetta uses a tablet to interact with the IBM Quantum Experience, the first quantum computing platform delivered via the IBM Cloud at the company’s T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, N.Y.

      4Inside an IBM Dilution Refrigerator

      4 - Inside an IBM Dilution Refrigerator

      The gold-colored coaxial cables are used to send inputs and outputs from inside the fridge.

      5Preparing a Quantum Computing Experiment

      5 - Preparing a Quantum Computing Experiment

      IBM researchers load up the hardware inside a dilution refrigerator that is home to the 5-qubit device.

      6IBM Quantum Experience

      6 - IBM Quantum Experience

      IBM Quantum Computing Research Scientist Antonio Corcoles uses the IBM Quantum Experience on a tablet in the IBM Quantum Lab that shows an open dilution refrigerator.

      7Screen Shot of IBM Quantum Experience

      7 - Screen Shot of IBM Quantum Experience

      Here is an image of Grover’s search algorithm (a quantum database search algorithm) in the composer. A universal quantum computer can be programmed to perform any computing task and will be exponentially faster than classical computers for a number of important applications for science and business.

      8User Guide

      8 - User Guide

      Here is a screen shot of the IBM Quantum Experience User Guide. The cloud-enabled quantum computing platform, called IBM Quantum Experience, will enable users to run algorithms and experiments on IBM’s quantum processor.

      9Wave Form Generators inside the IBM Quantum Lab

      9 - Wave Form Generators inside the IBM Quantum Lab

      In the lab, IBM checks the microwave control hardware that generates pulses sent to the quantum processor.

      10Inside the IBM Quantum Lab

      10 - Inside the IBM Quantum Lab

      Here are images of closed dilution refrigerators that are home to superconducting qubits that must be cooled down to almost absolute zero (about -459 degrees Fahrenheit) inside. The temperature inside the refrigerator is coldest at the bottom, where the quantum information is processed.

      11Three Types of Quantum Computing

      11 - Three Types of Quantum Computing

      We look at the three known types of quantum computing and their applications, generality and computational power.

      12Experimentation

      12 - Experimentation

      IBM Research scientist Jerry Chow conducts a quantum computing experiment at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. IBM has been focusing on quantum computing research for more than 30 years.

      13IBM 4-Qubit Square Circuit

      13 - IBM 4-Qubit Square Circuit

      Here’s a look at the layout of IBM’s 4-qubit superconducting quantum bit device announced in 2015. Using a square lattice, IBM is able to detect both types of quantum errors for the first time.

      14Dilution Refrigerator

      14 - Dilution Refrigerator

      In this photo, IBM scientist Stefan Filipp takes a close look at the dilution refrigerator that will keep qubits at temperatures colder than the deepest parts of outer space.

      15IBM Quantum Research Lab

      15 - IBM Quantum Research Lab

      Working with colleagues at IBM’s T.J. Watson Lab in New York, the company’ scientists in Zurich are building their own quantum research lab. Here, IBM scientist Andreas Fuhrer takes a closer look at the cryogenic refrigerator that also will help keep qubits at temperatures colder than the deepest parts of outer space.

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