Name: Insights: IBM Unveils Groundbreaking Quantum Computing System
Uploaded: 2020-03-12
Duration: 6 min 31 s
Description: The Q System One is the first quantum system to consolidate thousands of components into a glass-enclosed, air-tight environment built specifically for business use.

[MUSIC PLAYING] BOB SUTOR: My name is Bob Sutor. I work at IBM Research, and I'm the vice president for Quantum Computing Strategy and Ecosystem. That is, IBM Q. Quantum computing uses a radically new type of computing really from the ground up that we hope will be able solve some problems that will be completely intractable for classical computers like your laptop or your smartphone. We're sitting here today in IBM Research headquarters. We have more Quantum computers here than the entire rest of the world combined. We really run the gamut from worrying about the fundamental science and engineering of the chip to thinking about the best way these integrated systems will work with clients and the workflows they have today. The most essential part of the Quantum computer, the chip, is maybe 1,000th for 1/10,000th the size of everything else that you have to build. There's the enclosure. There's the refrigeration. There's the quality of the electronics. There's how you make it available on the internet. Quantum computers are extremely sensitive and are prone to interference of really any sort of type. If I were to raise the temperature too much, or even if I were just to shake it, it would affect the electronics feeding into the chip itself and cause a little bit of instability in how we program those devices. We don't just think about one Quantum computer in isolation. What would it look like to put a series of Quantum computers into what used to be called the data center, but I'll call it Quantum computation center? How do we make those Quantum computers work together with the systems they already have or maybe using on the cloud as well? So what we're announcing today is an integrated system that is state-of-the-art in every way regarding its infrastructure. In terms of the quality of the chip, it's a fourth generation 20-qubit chip. The quality of the electronics, the quality of the refrigeration, and the way it would possibly integrate into a future Quantum computation center. When you approach this quantum computer, first you see this very large, elegant, nine-foot-by-nine-foot glass. You see the actual quantum computer, the cryostat in the middle. Inside there, it gets extremely cold. And we bring it down close to absolute zero. When you put a quantum computer out on, let's say, the cloud, you want consistency. And consistency goes from the chip, but all the way up to the environment in which the quantum computer is held. So we have maximized all elements of the quantum computing system within that glass case. When we conceived the idea for this new integrated quantum computing system, we knew we had to go to industrial designers. We could handle the technology, but we wanted state-of-the-art design to complement the actual hardware that we had created. So one example is the glass system. We went to Goppion in Milan to design this. Goppion designed the cases that surround the Mona Lisa, as well as the Crown Jewels in London. This is half-inch borosilicate glass. It is built within a tolerance of one millimeter. When it closes, the entire air system, the temperature control system leads to a far more stable operating system. The outer frame is completely separate from the inner frame. Why do we do that? Reduce vibration. That glass reduces any sort of temperature changes if someone opens the door or there's any sort of radio frequency interference noise that's coming through the room as well. And so we have taken all the separate components, which we have individually optimized from a technological perspective and from a design perspective. Instead of taking days or weeks to bring a system down, bring it back up, we can now do it in hours. IBM has long been interested in design. In the late 1950s, we commissioned Eliot Noyes, who was a well-known designer, to really look around at the products that IBM was creating to make them beautiful, but make them highly functional. There was a belief that really good, really elegant design could build upon really excellent technology as well. If we look back to those early 1960s, we see beautiful shots. The systems, the design, the colors, the dimensions really led, I think, to the acceptance and the growth of IBM mainframes, IBM 360 computers at that time. And I think that's really a hallmark of what we're doing at IBM Q. The best technology that people will want to use, want to learn more about. Today, we are in the Quantum-ready phase. So I want to be very careful about saying this. There is nothing today you can do on a Quantum computer that you can't otherwise do on a classical computer. But because Quantum computing is very new and very different, we have to educate people. People have to get in there and learn about this entirely new programming model. Now we estimate in about three to five years, we will move to what we call Quantum advantage. And that's a time when we can say right here from this industry, Quantum computing can do significantly better than what we know how to do classically. I think this new system, this new integrated system is going to really be the blueprint for a lot of what we do in this next phase of being Quantum-ready and preparing to show real Quantum advantage. Every Quantum computing system that we build is better than the last. But this, we think, is going to be an architecture that carries us through the next few years. [MUSIC PLAYING]

Insights: IBM Unveils Groundbreaking Quantum Computing System

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The Q System One is built specifically for business use.

IBM Unveils Groundbreaking Quantum Computing System

The Q System One is the first quantum system to consolidate thousands of components into a glass-enclosed, air-tight environment built specifically for business use.

my name's Bob. I worked at IBM Research on vice president for quantum computing strategy and ecosystem that is IBM Cube. Quantum computing uses a radically new type of computing, really from the ground up that we hope will be able to solve some problems that will be completely intractable for classical computers like your laptop or your smartphone. We're sitting here today in IBM Research headquarters. We have Maur quantum computers here in the entire rest of the world combined. We really run the gamut from wearing about the fundamental science and engineering of the chip to thinking about the best way these integrated systems will work with clients and the work flows they have today. The most essential part of the quantum computer. That chip is maybe 1000 for 1 10/1000 the size of everything else that you have to build theirs. The enclosure There's refrigeration. There's the quality of the electronics. There's how you make it available on the Internet. Quantum computers are extremely sensitive and are prone to interference of really any sort of. If I were to raise the temperature too much or even if I were just to shake it, it would affect the electron ICS leading into the chip itself and cause a little bit of instability in how we program those devices way. Don't just think about one quantum computer in isolation. What would it look like to put a series of quantum computers into what used to be called the data center? But I'll call a quantum computation center. Hasn't we make those quantum computers work together with the systems they already have, or maybe using on the cloud as well? So what we're announcing today is an integrated system that is state of the art in every way regarding its infrastructure in terms of the quality of the chip. It's 1/4 generation 20 cubits chip, the quality of the electronics quality of the refrigeration and the way it would possibly integrate into a future quantum computation. When you approach this quantum computer first you see this very large, elegant nine foot by nine foot black. You see the actual quantum computer, the cryo stat in the middle inside there, it gets extremely cold, and we bring it down close to absolute zero. When you put a quantum computer out on, let's say the class, you want consistency consistency goes from the chip, but all the way up to the environment in which the quantum computers health. So we have maximized all elements of the quantum computing system Within that glass case, when we conceived the idea for this new integrated quantum computing system, we knew we had to go to industrial designers. We could handle that technology, but we wanted a state of the art designed to compliment the actual hardware that we're creating. So one example is the glass system we went to go pee on in Milan to design Go Pee on designing the cases that surrender Mona Lisa as well as the crown jewels in London. This is half inch borrowed silicate glass. It is built within tolerance of one millimeter. When it closes the entire air system. The temperature control system leads to a far more stable operating system. The outer frame is completely separate from the inner frame. Why do we do that? Produced vibrations that glass reduces any sort of temperature changes of someone opens the door, or there's any sort of radio frequency interference noise that's coming through the room as well. So we have taken all the separate components which we have individually optimized from a technological perspective stands from a design perspective. Instead of taking days or weeks to bring a system down, bring it back up, we can now do it in hours. IBM has long been interested in design. In the late 19 fifties, we commissioned Elliot Noise, who was a well known designer, to really look around at the products that IBM was creating to make them beautiful. That makes him highly functional. There was a belief that really good, really elegant design could build upon really excellent technology. If we look back to those early 19 sixties, we see beautiful shots. Systems design, the colors, the dimensions really led, I think, to the acceptance and the growth off IBM mainframes like 360 computers. And I think that's really a hallmark of what we're doing in I. Q. The best technology that people will want to use want to learn more about today. We are in the quantum ready, so I want to be very careful about saying this. There is nothing today. You could do a quantum computer that you can't otherwise doing a classical computer. But because quantum computing is very, very different, we have to educate people. People have to get in there and learn about this entirely. New programming. Now we estimate about 3 to 5 years we will move to what we call quantum advantage. And that's the time when we can say right here in this industry, quantum computing could do significantly better then what we know how to do. Classically, I think this new system integrated system is going to really be the blueprint for a lot of what we do in this next phase of being quantum ready and preparing to show really quantum event, every quantum computing system that we build better than the last. But this, we think, is going to be an architecture that carries us through next year.