The IBM Quantum Summit 2021 livestream is scheduled for tomorrow, but the quantum computing giant is already giving us an early look at what will be showcased during the event. Named Eagle, IBM’s new 127-qubit quantum processor is supposedly the first processor that a classical supercomputer can’t simulate. To put it into perspective, IBM says that a classical computer would need about the same number of bits as atoms of all humans on Earth to match Eagle’s performance.
“The arrival of the ‘Eagle’ processor is a major step towards the day when quantum computers can outperform classical computers at meaningful levels,” said Darío Gil, SVP at IBM and Director of IBM Research.
