New electronics and cooling system will allow large-scale quantum computing to be launched as early as 2023.
IBM has announced an integrated next-generation quantum computing system called IBM Quantum System Two. Details are described on the official website.
According to the developers, the platform is designed to work with future quantum processors with 433 and 1121 qubits. It is based on the principle of modularity, when functional parts are combined into complete blocks. This approach makes it possible to change the capabilities of a machine by increasing the number or power of computational modules designed for certain tasks.
The IBM Quantum System Two prototype is planned to be launched in 2023. While the company has shown how the future room with quantum computers will look like. In the video you can see that the processors want to be placed in huge luminous blocks, most of which will be hidden in the lower level, probably cryogenic installations. Plenty of free space will be left between the equipment for employees to move around.
As IBM notes, because of the increasing number of qubits in the processors, high flexibility in the control equipment and resources for scaling — the machine’s ability to handle an increasing workload — are needed. We’re talking about tools that allow users to manage qubits, as well as cryogenic cooling systems that maintain very low temperatures so that particles can manifest their quantum properties.
The IBM Quantum System Two design will get improved scalable electronics for qubit control, as well as higher-density cabling and cooling elements. Engineers collaborated with Bluefors to develop a new cryogenic platform that will maximize space utilization for ancillary equipment and larger processors and provide technicians with easy access for maintenance. The new design expanded the working space of the cooling unit and made it possible to connect multiple quantum processors.
“IBM Quantum System Two offers a glimpse into the future of the quantum computing data center, where modularity and system infrastructure flexibility will be key to continuous scalability,” said IBM Vice President of Quantum Computing Jay Gambetta, .
In 2019, IBM launched the world’s first integrated quantum computing system called IBM Quantum System One. Over the past three years, the company has made it the backbone of its cloud services in the U.S., Germany and Japan. In addition, on Nov. 16, IBM partnered with Yonsei University in Seoul to deploy the country’s first Quantum System One in South Korea.