<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255);display:inline"></div>Well, we have been hearing about this Quantum technology for years... It's not mature yet, but.... <br>potentially... when it will be mature... it will be able to break any crypto-system. <br>(oh, maybe it is already mature in the Catacombs of the NSA).<br>_______<br></font></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br><a href="https://www.research.ibm.com/quantum/#start">https://www.research.ibm.com/quantum/#start</a><br><a href="https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/49661.wss">https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/49661.wss</a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf7D8snlsnQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf7D8snlsnQ</a><br><a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/ibm-puts-a-quantum-processor-in-the-cloud">http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/ibm-puts-a-quantum-processor-in-the-cloud</a><br><br></font></span></span><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">IBM scientists have built a quantum processor that users can access
through a first-of-a-kind quantum computing platform delivered via the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/">IBM Cloud</a>
onto any desktop or mobile device. IBM believes quantum computing is
the future of computing and has the potential to solve certain problems
that are impossible to solve on today’s supercomputers.</font></span></span>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">The cloud-enabled quantum computing platform, called <a href="http://www.ibm.com/quantumcomputing">IBM Quantum Experience</a>,
will allow users to run algorithms and experiments on IBM’s quantum
processor, work with the individual quantum bits (qubits), and explore
tutorials and simulations around what might be possible with quantum
computing.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">The quantum processor is composed of five superconducting qubits and
is housed at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York. The
five-qubit processor represents the latest advancement in IBM’s quantum
architecture that can scale to larger quantum systems. It is the leading
approach towards building a <a href="https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/photo/48259.wss">universal quantum computer</a>.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">A universal quantum computer can be programmed to perform any
computing task and will be exponentially faster than classical computers
for a number of important applications for science and business.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">A universal quantum computer does not exist today, but IBM envisions
medium-sized quantum processors of 50-100 qubits to be possible in the
next decade. With a quantum computer built of just 50 qubits, none of
today’s TOP500 supercomputers could successfully emulate it, reflecting
the tremendous potential of this technology. The community of quantum
computer scientists and theorists is working to harness this power, and
applications in optimization and chemistry will likely be the first to
demonstrate quantum speed-up.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">“Quantum computers are very different from today’s computers, not
only in what they look like and are made of, but more importantly in
what they can do. Quantum computing is becoming a reality and it will
extend computation far beyond what is imaginable with today’s
computers,” said Arvind Krishna, senior vice president and director, IBM
Research. “This moment represents the birth of quantum cloud computing.
By giving hands-on access to IBM’s experimental quantum systems, the
IBM Quantum Experience will make it easier for researchers and the
scientific community to accelerate innovations in the quantum field, and
help discover new applications for this technology.”</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">With Moore’s Law running out of steam, quantum computing will be
among the technologies that could usher in a new era of innovation
across industries. This leap forward in computing could lead to the
discovery of new pharmaceutical drugs and completely safeguard cloud
computing systems. It could also unlock new facets of artificial
intelligence (which could lead to future, more powerful <a href="http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/">Watson</a> technologies), develop new materials science to transform industries, and search large volumes of <a href="http://www.ibm.com/big-data/us/en/">big data</a>.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><strong>IBM Quantum Experience</strong></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Quantum information is very fragile and needs to be protected from
any errors that can result from heat and electromagnetic radiation.
Signals are sent in and out of a cryogenic dilution refrigerator to
measure operations on the quantum processor.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">The IBM team has made a number of robust engineering advances both at
the device level and in the electronic controls to give IBM Quantum
Experience users unprecedented and reliably high-quality performance in
this five-qubit processor.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Coupled with software expertise from the IBM Research ecosystem, the team has built a dynamic user interface on the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/">IBM Cloud</a>
platform that allows users to easily connect to the quantum hardware
via the cloud. The team sees the introduction to the public of this
complete quantum computing framework as just the start of a new user
community, which embraces the quantum world and how it works.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">In the future, users will have the opportunity to contribute and
review their results in the community hosted on the IBM Quantum
Experience and IBM scientists will be directly engaged to offer more
research and insights on new advances. IBM plans to add more qubits and
different processor arrangements to the IBM Quantum Experience over
time, so users can expand their experiments and help uncover new
applications for the technology.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><strong>Quantum computing – a different way of thinking</strong></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">We live in a world where classical physics defines our experiences
and our intuition, and ultimately how we process information. However,
nature at the atomic level is governed by a different set of rules known
as quantum mechanics. It is beyond the reach of classical computers to
solve problems that exist in nature in which quantum mechanics plays a
role, for example, understanding how molecules behave.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">To overcome this, in 1981, Richard Feynman proposed to build
computers based on the laws of quantum mechanics. Over three decades
later, IBM is helping to make this a reality.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Quantum computing works fundamentally differently from today’s
computers. A classical computer makes use of bits to process
information, where each bit represents either a one or a zero. In
contrast, a qubit can represent a one, a zero, or both at once, which is
known as superposition. This property along with other quantum effects
enable quantum computers to perform certain calculations vastly faster
than is possible with classical computers.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Most of today’s quantum computing research in academia and industry
is focused on building a universal quantum computer. The major
challenges include creating qubits of high quality and packaging them
together in a scalable way, so they can perform complex calculations in a
controllable way.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">IBM employs superconducting qubits that are made with superconducting
metals on a silicon chip and can be designed and manufactured using
standard silicon fabrication techniques. Last year, IBM scientists
demonstrated critical <a href="https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/46725.wss">breakthroughs</a>
to detect quantum errors by combining superconducting qubits in
latticed arrangements, and whose quantum circuit design is the only
physical architecture that can scale to larger dimensions.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Now, IBM scientists have achieved a further advance by combining five
qubits in the lattice architecture, which demonstrates a key operation
known as a parity measurement – the basis of many quantum error
correction protocols. The road towards universal quantum computing
hinges upon the achievement of quantum error correction, and the IBM
team has taken another important step down this challenging path.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><strong>New frontiers for quantum computing</strong></font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">There has been tremendous progress and interest in the field of
quantum of computing in recent years. By giving users access to the IBM
Quantum Experience, it will help businesses and organizations begin to
understand the technology’s potential, for universities to grow their
teaching programs in quantum computing and related subjects, and for
students to become aware of promising new career paths.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">“It is a beautiful challenge to pursue the path to build the first
universal quantum computer, but it requires us to change how we think
about the world. Access to early quantum computing prototypes will be
key in imagining and developing future applications,” said Dario Gil,
vice president of science and solutions, IBM Research. “If you want to
understand what a true quantum computer will do for you and how it
works, this is the place to do it. You won’t experience it anywhere
else.”</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">IBM’s quantum computing platform is a core initiative within the newly formed <a href="http://www.ibm.com/frontiers">IBM Research Frontiers Institute</a>.
The Frontiers Institute is a consortium that develops and shares
ground-breaking computing technologies to spur world-changing
innovations. Companies from diverse industries can leverage IBM’s
research talent and cutting-edge infrastructure to explore what the
future of quantum computing may mean for their organization and
business. Founding members of the Frontiers Institute include Samsung,
JSR, and Honda.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">To access the IBM Quantum Experience and for more information on IBM’s quantum computing research, please visit <a href="http://www.ibm.com/quantumcomputing">www.ibm.com/quantumcomputing</a>. To learn more about the IBM Research Frontiers Institute, please visit <a href="http://www.ibm.com/frontiers">www.ibm.com/frontiers</a>.</font></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Note to journalists and bloggers: You can view and download b-roll on IBM’s quantum computing efforts at <a href="http://www.thenewsmarket.com/ibm">http://www.thenewsmarket.com/ibm</a>. The video is available in HD, standard definition broadcast and streaming quality.</font></span></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></span></div></div></div>