More about IBM Research:

• For more than seven decades, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology with approximately 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located on six continents. Scientists from IBM Research have produced six Nobel Laureates, 10 U.S. National Medals of Technology, five U.S. National Medals of Science, six Turing Awards, 19 inductees in the National Academy of Sciences, and 20 inductees into the U.S. National Inventors Hall

of Fame.

• Outstanding scientific achievements from IBM Research include FORTRAN, magnetic disk storage, DRAM, relational databases, Deep Blue, Racetrack Memory, speech recognition, RISC architecture, excimer laser surgery, quantum computing, neuromorphic chips, and Watson.

• In addition to conducting fundamental research, IBM Research is dedicated to exploring and creating innovative industry solutions based on strategic areas such as cognitive computing and artificial intelligence, security and privacy, Internet of Things, data-centric systems, next-generation

silicon technology, brain-inspired devices and infrastructure, and advanced analytics.

What we announced:

• IBM Research announced it will make quantum

computing available to anyone through the IBM Cloud. This first-of-a-kind platform, called the IBM Quantum Experience, provides access to a quantum processor housed at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY.

• By giving hands-on access, the IBM Quantum Experience will make it easier for researchers, students and the science enthusiasts to accelerate innovations in the quantum field and help discover new applications for this technology.

• Users will be able to run algorithms and experiments on IBM’s quantum processor, which is composed of five superconducting quantum bits (qubits) and represents the latest achievement in IBM’s quantum architecture that can scale to larger quantum systems. IBM Research plans to add more qubits and different processor arrangements over time, so

users can expand their experiments.

Quantum computing advancements:

• For decades, IBM scientists have worked on the challenges and tantalizing promise of quantum

computing, contributing to its inception as well as critical experimental research.

• With Moore’s Law running out of steam, quantum

computing will be among the technologies that IBM believes will usher in a new era of innovation across industries.

• Quantum computing could, for example, lead to the discovery of new pharmaceutical drugs, completely safeguard cloud computing systems, unlock new facets of artificial intelligence, or develop new materials science to transform

industries.

• IBM’s quantum computing platform is a core initiative within the newly formed IBM Research Frontiers Institute. The Frontiers Institute is a consortium that develops and shares ground-breaking technologies to spur world-changing

innovations.

May 4, 2016Behind the News

IBM Research:Quantum Computing Now Available on IBM Cloud