Ku-CES yalo nyaka, i-IBM yethule i-CES yabo Ikhompyutha yeQuantum engu-50-Qubit prototype, ebukeka isekhaya kakhulu emhlabeni weSteam Punk esikhundleni segumbi lokubukisa eThe Venetian Hotel and Casino.
Okwenza umshini ube ucezu lobuchwepheshe olumangalisayo yindlela ocubungula ngayo idatha. Kunokuba asebenzise ngokuqinile kanambambili yedijithali (owoku-1 no-0), amakhompyutha e-quantum asebenzisa ama-qubits, amele lawo ma-1 kanye no-0 ngesikhathi esifanayo (owaziwa ngokuthi ukubeka phezulu). Uma sikhuluma ngobuchwepheshe, lokhu kuvumela isistimu ukuthi ihlole lezi zifunda ezimbili ngesikhathi esisodwa—futhi ukwengeza ama-qubits engeziwe kukhulisa lawo mandla okubala ngokuqhubekayo.
Ukubeka lokho kucace, i-IBM ibeke ikhompuyutha ye-quantum esebenzayo (inguqulo engu-20-Qubit) esingethwe emafini Isipiliyoni se-IBM Q lokho kuvumela ukuhlolwa kwezigidi ezingu-1.7 kusuka kubasebenzisi abahlukene abangu-60,000, konke ngesikhathi esisodwa. Njengoba ungacabanga, ukusebenzisa i-quantum chip engakwazi ukupompa ukuthi ukubulawa okuningi kuzodala ukushisa okukhulu. Ukugcina umshini usebenza ezingeni lokushisa elizinzile, i-IBM yaklama isistimu efana ne-chandelier eqala ukupholisa kusukela phezulu kuya phansi, esukela ku-Kelvin emine yehle iye ku-10 millikelvin — lokho okuyizinkulungwane eziyishumi zedigri ngaphezu kukaziro ophelele.
I-quantum chip ngokwayo ihlala ku-canister eyingqayizivele esisekelweni, ehlukanisiwe nomsindo oshisayo, kagesi kanye nokazibuthe ukuze isebenze kahle. Izintambo ezihamba nhlangothi zombili zesakhiwo zisetshenziselwa ukuthutha amasiginali e-RF aye phansi ku-chip, lapho aklanywa khona kuma-qubits futhi asetshenziswe kunoma yiziphi izinhlelo ezisebenzayo njengamanje.
Ithimba le-IBM Q, kanye nabanye abaholi bezimboni, bakholelwa ukuthi izicelo zokuqala zekhompuyutha entsha ye-quantum zizofaka ikhemistri, ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokufunda komshini kumapulatifomu e-AI athuthuke kakhulu. Ngobuchwepheshe, awukho umkhawulo wethiyori kulokho ikhompyutha ye-quantum engacubungula; ukulingisa kwezinto eziyinkimbinkimbi (i-nanotechnology), i-integer factorization (i-cryptology) kanye nokulingiswa kwe-athomu konke kuzokwenzeka. Kunoma ikuphi, kuzothakazelisa ukubona ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe—kanye nemiphumela ephumayo—kwenzeka kanjani esikhathini esizayo esingekude kakhulu.
