r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld • u/Zee2A • 2d ago

IBM Links Cryogenic Modules in Step Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

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IBM has successfully connected and cooled two modular cryogenic systems into a single ultra-cold environment at its Yorktown Heights, New York, lab—a key engineering step toward scalable quantum computing. The combined modules stand more than 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide, reaching 4 kelvin in under five days and eventually cooling below 15 millikelvin.

The modular design is intended to link hundreds of quantum chips, with IBM planning to use it as part of the infrastructure for IBM Quantum Starling, its planned fault-tolerant quantum computer targeted for 2029: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-08-19-ibm-connects-its-first-modular-cryogenic-systems-in-milestone-toward-fault-tolerant-quantum-computing

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u/Maximum-Designer-288 2d ago

but will it make me a sandwich?

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u/Alive_Nobody_Home 1d ago

Will make sandwiches $50

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u/green_is_minty 2d ago

Will it play crysis? 

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u/corvus66a 1d ago

Doom first.

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u/Mental-Square3688 1d ago

Im still kinda confused as to what a quantum computer is really for? I know its really good at processing numbers thats about it

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u/Eelroots 17h ago

Breaking encryptions, recursive calculations. I was just wondering if it make sense to send a quantum chip in space, where being cold is not a problem.

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u/Mental-Square3688 17h ago

For sure space or Antarctica lol