IBM’s Quantum Developer’s Conference is being held this week, and the company is using the gathering to provide an update to its roadmap: It is aiming to make error-corrected quantum computers before the decade is out.
The changes greatly expand the scope of its next-generation Nighthawk general-use processors by adding a version with over 500 programmable qubits. At the same time, it’s stepping back a bit on its plan to link multiple Nighthawk processors together, dropping the intended number of linked systems from nine to two.
The total number of qubits planned for next year will remain the same; how the company is getting there, however, will be different.
