IBM's 100x100 challenge: accurate 100-qubit, depth-100 circuits in 2024

Outcome

Outcome sources

• IBM Quantum Blog IBM Quantum delivers on performance challenge made two years ago
  Primary sourceNov 13, 2024

  “IBM researchers announced that they'd successfully delivered on that promise: a quantum computer capable of running quantum circuits with up to 5,000 two-qubit gate operations — powered by the second revision of the IBM Quantum Heron.”

• IBM Newsroom IBM Launches Its Most Advanced Quantum Computers, Fueling New Scientific Value and Progress towards Quantum Advantage
  Primary sourceNov 13, 2024

  “IBM Quantum Heron, the company's most performant quantum processor to-date and available in IBM's global quantum data centers, can now leverage Qiskit to accurately run certain classes of quantum circuits with up to 5,000 two-qubit gate operations.”

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• IBM Quantum Blog Quantum-centric supercomputing: The next wave of computing
  Primary sourceNov 9, 2022

  “What is the 100×100 Challenge? In 2024, we plan to offer a tool capable of calculating unbiased observables of circuits with 100 qubits and depth-100 gate operations in a reasonable runtime.”

• Quantum Computing Report IBM Announces 433 Qubit Osprey Processor, Several Additional Advancements, and a 100x100 Challenge
  Independent coverageNov 9, 2022

  “a new 100x100 challenge (100 qubits with 100 levels) they intend to demonstrate by 2024”