{"id":130670,"date":"2021-11-15T23:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T07:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/exclusive-ibm-achieves-quantum-computing-breakthrough"},"modified":"2021-11-15T23:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T07:22:38","slug":"exclusive-ibm-achieves-quantum-computing-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/exclusive-ibm-achieves-quantum-computing-breakthrough","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: IBM achieves quantum computing breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/exclusive-ibm-achieves-quantum-computing-breakthrough2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IBM has created a quantum processor able to process information so complex the work can\u2019t be done or simulated on a traditional computer, CEO Arvind Krishna told \u201cAxios on HBO\u201d ahead of a planned announcement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong>: Quantum computing could help address problems that are too challenging for even today\u2019s most powerful supercomputers, such as figuring out how to make better batteries or sequester carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news<\/strong>: IBM says its new Eagle processor can handle 127 qubits, a measure of quantum computing power. In topping 100 qubits, IBM says it has reached a milestone that allows quantum to surpass the power of a traditional computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM has created a quantum processor able to process information so complex the work can\u2019t be done or simulated on a traditional computer, CEO Arvind Krishna told \u201cAxios on HBO\u201d ahead of a planned announcement. Why it matters: Quantum computing could help address problems that are too challenging for even today\u2019s most powerful supercomputers, such [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1617,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-quantum-physics","category-supercomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}