{"id":170305,"date":"2023-08-23T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/an-ibm-quantum-computer-beat-a-supercomputer-in-a-benchmark-test"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:24:25","slug":"an-ibm-quantum-computer-beat-a-supercomputer-in-a-benchmark-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/an-ibm-quantum-computer-beat-a-supercomputer-in-a-benchmark-test","title":{"rendered":"An IBM Quantum Computer Beat a Supercomputer in a Benchmark Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABJEeCr6nE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The teams pitted IBM\u2019s 127-qubit Eagle chip against supercomputers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Purdue University for increasingly complex tasks. With easier calculations, Eagle matched the supercomputers\u2019 results every time\u2014suggesting that even with noise, the quantum computer could generate accurate responses. But where it shone was in its ability to tolerate scale, returning results that are\u2014in theory\u2014far more accurate than what\u2019s possible today with state-of-the-art silicon <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2023\/03\/26\/a-chipmaking-step-crucial-to-the-future-of-computing-just-got-40x-faster\/\">computer chips<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart is a post-processing technique that decreases noise. Similar to looking at a large painting, the method ignores each brush stroke. Rather, it focuses on small portions of the painting and captures the general \u201cgist\u201d of the artwork.<\/p>\n<p>The study, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-023-06096-3\">published in <em>Nature<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> isn\u2019t chasing quantum advantage, the theory that quantum computers can solve problems faster than conventional computers. Rather, it shows that today\u2019s quantum computers, even when imperfect, may become part of scientific research\u2014and perhaps our lives\u2014sooner than expected. In other words, we\u2019ve now entered the realm of quantum utility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The teams pitted IBM\u2019s 127-qubit Eagle chip against supercomputers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Purdue University for increasingly complex tasks. With easier calculations, Eagle matched the supercomputers\u2019 results every time\u2014suggesting that even with noise, the quantum computer could generate accurate responses. But where it shone was in its ability to tolerate scale, returning results [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1617,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantum-physics","category-supercomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170305","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}