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Investing.com - IBM reported on Friday the successful execution of a centralized quantum computing algorithm on standard chips from Advanced Micro Devices. This marks a significant step towards making quantum computing commercially viable.
Quantum computers use qubits to solve complex problems that would take conventional computers thousands of years to solve - for example, analyzing the interaction of trillions of atoms over a period of time. However, these qubits are susceptible to errors that can quickly impair the computing power of quantum chips.
Back in June, IBM developed an algorithm designed to counteract these errors when used with quantum chips. According to a research paper to be published on Monday, IBM has now demonstrated that these algorithms can run in real time on the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) chips from AMD can run.
Jay Gambetta, Vice President of Quantum Computing at IBM, emphasized that this success proves the practicality of the algorithm. It runs on standard AMD hardware, which is not "ridiculously expensive".
"Implementing it and proving that it is even ten times faster than required is a big deal," said Gambetta.
The company is working towards completing a quantum computer called Starling by 2029. Gambetta noted that the work on the algorithm announced on Friday was completed a year ahead of IBM's schedule.
