The reason was to welcome the first IBM Heron processor to be installed outside of the US.
The tech giants most powerful quantum processor to date, Heron has 156 superconducting physical qubits.
The key for the Heron is that now we are focusing on the quality of the gates.
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Their accuracy directly impacts the overall error rate of a quantum system.
There is this great surfacing of new codes in error correction.
Using the old codes, people would say youd need millions of qubits to do anything.
Quantum computing, Gambetta said, will begin to have real impact when we discover the right algorithms.
Next year, IBM is installing a quantum computer right next to the Japanese supercomputer Fugaku.
In addition, IBM is looking to position itself as a key player in the growing European quantum ecosystem.
We are building a new industry, said Dario Gil,IBM senior vice president and director of research.
IBM also has close ties with local research institutions, including Fraunhofer.
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