IBM Quantum and Hybrid Computing: A Historical News Explainer

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So IBM just announced that they are in the process of beefing up their quantum computing efforts, promising to be 100 times faster on various workloads. Most improvements will come from the deployment of new software tools, algorithms, and models. And this change could help bring quantum computers closer to solving issues that are usually out of reach of classical machines, such as tackling challenges in artificial intelligence and complicated financial calculations. So in IBM's address, they envisioned the company as a hybrid cloud provider where customers can run classical computing workloads and quantum computing workloads side by side. Now, by 2023, the goal is to allow customers to explore quantum computing models on their own without having to worry about the underlying quantum physics. So if IBM can deliver on their claims, we may see quantum computers begin to seriously challenge classical machines and a wide range of practical problems over the next three years.