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In a special session held during the IBM Think 2019, the company invited journalists for a chat about the very interesting world of quantum physics and how it is becoming more and more palpable, through machines like the IBM Q ONE, the first integrated quantum computing system. 524b4f
Who led the conversation was Bob Sutor, VP of Strategy and Ecosystem at IBM Q, and also a researcher at IBM, who spoke about the company's industry leadership and quantum computing trends for the coming years.
IBM Q One (or System ONE) 3h6p47
With IBM Q System One, the company inaugurates the first integrated quantum computing system for two simultaneous purposes: commercial and scientific. According to the company, the quantum computer is the first on the market to actually go to market – at least in theory.
O IBM QOne contains a fourth generation system of 20 qubit – or so-called quantum bit, it can reach values greater than the common bit –, running in a modular and compact design aimed at stability, reliability and commercial use above all.
Basically, the IBM managed to integrate a quantum computer into a compact part that can work outside the company's labs. O IBM QOne can be understood as a number of custom components that work together to serve as the most advanced quantum cloud computing program available in the world. It includes:
- quantum hardware designed to be stable and automatically calibrated to provide qubits high quality repeatedly;
- By having such a processing, your cooling system needs to be developed to withstand high temperatures. Therefore, the Q One was manufactured through a cryogenic engineering which provides an icy environment (very close to absolute zero on the Kelvin scale – approximately -273,15 degrees Celsius);
- quantum firmware to preserve system integrity and provide updates without harming s through downtime;
- provide a mixed from traditional computing and quantum computing to cloud access and hybrid execution of quantum algorithms.
It is worth ing that, as it is easily transported, the brain of the IBM Q One it needs to be working in full swing to provide the customer with its full potential. For that, there is the Q Quantum Computer Center, which is installed in the dependencies of the IBM, and, whenever the customer needs it, can access it via the cloud.
Design draws more attention 2c2e53
All this technology may sound promising – in fact, it is – but the design of the IBM QOne is what is most impressive. Developed by IBM in partnership with Map Project Office (company that has worked with companies like Honda) to Universal Design Studio, the quantum computer is encased in a huge cube made of borosilicate, a tempered glass with resistance to extreme temperatures. All care for the IBM QOne not explode from being so hot was taken in development, including the gopion, a company that protects Monalisa, for example, was part of the project, supplying its high quality glass.
“IBM is taking an important step in commercializing the quantum computer,” he said. Arvind krishna, Senior Vice President of Hybrid Cloud and Director of Research at IBM.
IBM Q Network 1w534v
Today, IBM works constantly in order to evolve its services and technologies, but it cannot achieve such good results in such a short time. Therefore, the company currently provides the IBM Q Network, a community of around 500 companies, academic institutions, startups and research labs to develop advances in of Quantum Computing.
But what is quantum physics anyway? 5ao3y
If you've come this far and still don't understand how the IBM QOne works, let's briefly explain what quantum physics is - no need to run to the Google.
A quantum physics (or quantum mechanics, as it is also called) is a branch of physics that studies all the phenomena that happen to atomic and subatomic particles, that is, it allows a description of the behavior and interaction of matter at a scale equal to or smaller than an atom, such as proton, electron, photon and other types of materials at very low temperatures, for example.
Here we see the main difference from the classical physics: by working at the subatomic level, laws of physics such as the law of action and reaction, the law of inertia and the law of gravity, are not applied to microparticles, allowing quantum physics to seek explanations never before explored. This makes this branch known as “non-intuitive”, since, what in the eyes of classical physics may not seem true, under the optics of quantum physics it appears to be.
But where does the term come from? “quantum”? the term "quantum" comes from the word "quantity", which is assigned to certain physical quantities, such as the energy of an electron contained in an atom at rest. The name quantum mechanics gets its name from the term “quantization”, known in physics. Quantization, in turn, consists of the instantaneous change of electrons that contain a minimum energy level to a higher one, if they are heated.
Thanks to advances in the study over time, several other studies have taken quantum mechanics as a theoretical and experimental basis, such as atomic physics, nuclear physics, quantum chemistry, among many others.
Hello Quantum 2l118
A IBM makes available on mobile platforms a game called Hello Quantum. The game aims to help, in a fun way, players to understand how quantum mechanics works and its studies, such as quantum entanglement – phenomenon where molecules can interact with each other even though they are separated by a universe. now to Android ou IOS.
IBM in Quantum Mode 3vk72
Since 2016 the IBM states that he entered “quantum mode”, when he was already able to offer and solutions in quantum computing to companies and universities.
"If you're wondering how many people currently use quantum computers, the number is already over 1000!", Said sutor. He goes on to remind us that, in addition to researchers from IBM and partner companies, more than 140 scientific papers have been created through the quantum computing ecosystem.
And there are those who benefit from such research. Thanks to the possibility of doing complex simulations and experiments via software more quickly, companies do not need to go through the entire production process of a conventional computer. That is, it is less research time and more chance of success. Sectors such as pharmaceuticals (in the preparation of drugs for diseases, for example), automobiles, fuel and electricity, have already evolved a lot thanks to quantum computing.
Bob Sutor continues explaining that, in the past, there was no alternative to resorting to a quantum computer when carrying out an experiment because these tests required a lot of a conventional computer.
One example he gave was that for a conventional computer to simulate a single caffeine molecule - dealing in binary with bits e bytes - would require a disk with a storage capacity of 1038 megabytes – which would equate to 10 followed by 30 zeros. For comparison purposes, this capacity represents 10% of the number of molecules that make up the planet Earth.
On the quantum computer side, when these binary systems are transformed into qubit, this same amount is reduced to 160 qubits. In the event, Bob Sutor showed what a quantum processing unit capable of handling 4 Qubit looked like – and fit in the palm of your hand.
The future is in the Cloud 5e4k6n
Asked how this great technology would be brought into everyday life, Bob Sutor it was subtle. “The future lies in hybrid use.” He goes on to explain that the world will not see quantum smartphones anytime soon, but many of their features could be accelerated by quantum computers in the Cloud.
A IBM has been aiming to bring cloud storage into a new era. We have recently seen with the improvements of the IBM Think 2019, for example, that the company is not kidding when it comes to the matter. As IBM Q Network, this kind of more secure and open source information sharing will allow a huge advance for the next few years when it comes to quantum computing. Even the American company is developing another open source community in order to simplify access for companies and schools.
IBM is not the only one betting on quantum computing 1c6p3z
The field of action of quantum physics is growing with each ing day, and even if the IBM pioneered the launch of the first quantum computing system for commercial use, other companies are following closely behind with implementation plans for the next few years.
Google recently announced that it is “cautiously patient” with its CES 2018, said his drive was the first step towards a complete quantum computer. THE Microsoft follows shortly after stipulating a 5-year deadline to deliver a quantum computing system integrated with the Azure cloud.
As we can see, the IBM, among the other companies, provides the least capable quantum system in of qubit than other companies. But it's interesting the company's beginning in being able to include so much processing in a unit that can leave the laboratories of IBM – the other companies did not achieve this feat.
