IBM Launches Osprey: Its Most Powerful 433-Qubit Quantum Computer 

IBM announced the release of its Osprey quantum processor with 433 qubits (released in 2021, the Eagle processor had 127 qubits). The company continues its slow but correct movement towards the application of quantum processors in real life.

A classical computer stores and processes information in binary bits, which can take on the values ​​”0″ or “1”. A quantum qubit can take on these same values, but also their superposition. Increasing the number of options exponentially increases the computing power of the device for each added qubit. As a result, quantum processors can perform calculations that traditional computers cannot.

The Osprey architecture is a single-layer stack of qubits on top of multiple layers of control wiring. This approach increases the number of quantum elements while reducing the number and frequency of errors, the company explains.

IBM claims that the data processing capabilities of this machine far exceed those of any traditional computer.