IBM will display in San Sebastián your System Two With 156 cubits heron processor, The most powerful quantum computer in Europe. Operational at the end of the year, will make Spain one of the six world nodes of quantum computing, together with the US, Canada, Germany, Japan and South Korea.
The Basque system will exceed The recent German IBM installationwhich operates with Eagle processors of 127 cubits.
Why is it important. Quantum computing promises to transform the science of materials, physics and medicine solving unabordable problems for conventional systems. He System Two It already reaches the “quantum advantage”, executing impossible operations for traditional supercomputers.
Its modular design will allow expanding capabilities while the mitigation of errors progresses, the greatest challenge of this technology.
In figures. The Basque Government will invest 50.8 million euros in the project, part of a regional strategy of 120 million. The performance of the new processor is spectacular: 16 times more precise and 25 times faster than its predecessors.
With 156 cubits, the Heron processor inaugurates what IBM calls “it was of quantum utility.”
The context. The announcement coincides with the recent presentation of the first quantum computer with 100% European technology in the Barcelona Supercomputing Centercreating an axis of quantum excellence in Spain.
- Barcelona bets on European technological autonomy with a system developed by Qilimanjaro and GMV.
- San Sebastián is associated with IBM to access the most advanced technology in the market.
Both strategies complement and position Spain in the European avant -garde.
And now what? The IBM-Euskadi center will be available for scientists, educators and companies through its open source software Qiskit. Remote access will allow researchers from all over the world to take advantage of their abilities.
According to Lehendakari Pradalesthis infrastructure “will be key to the digital transformation and economic development of the Basque Country”, facilitating international collaborations.
Deepen. The quantum race accelerates. IBM plans for 2029 Your “Starling” systemwith complete errors correction, multiplying the possibilities of practical application.
With two development poles in San Sebastián and Barcelona, Spain emerges as a power in a field that will define the global technological future in the coming decades.
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