Hot on the heels of Google's breakthrough in the practical application of quantum computing, IBM is now poised to announce a quantum leap of its own. According to a Reuters report, a team of IBM researchers will publish a paper on Monday, October 27, detailing how they performed quantum error correction on standard AMD chips. That should smooth one of the major roadblocks to the practical usability of quantum computers, namely, result accuracy.
The error-correction algorithm reportedly not only runs in real time but also runs 10x faster than necessary atop AMD FPGA chips. This latest development is likely the result of the collaboration with AMD that IBM announced at the end of August, one that sent AMD shares rising sharply at the time.
