The first programs are published for the IBM quantum computer.

Almost all large companies related to information technology are engaged in quantum computing. IBM, Google, Microsoft - all conduct research in this area. IBM has successfully created its own 5-Qbit quantum chip. Based on the chip, a quantum computer called the IBM Quantum Experience was created. Four qubits are used to work with data, and the fifth is used for error correction during calculations (errors without correction are the Achilles heel of quantum computers). This equipment is installed in one of the research laboratories of IBM, which is located in the state of New York, USA.

In May, our company announced the discovery of public access to this quantum computer. With it, users can check the performance of their experimental programs on a real system. We believe that in the future such quantum computers will be used in many areas. And the average user, they are not very useful, the games do not play them. But for industry, science, energy - here such systems are very much needed. Most likely, in the near future, specialists in various fields will be able to work with such computers on a remote basis - through cloud spheres, similar to those launched by IBM.

Now IBM Quantum Experience is available only to researchers. To be able to work with the system, you need to clearly indicate the tasks for which you need to use the resources of this service. IBM's quantum computer is a universal system that can handle any quantum algorithm. This distinguishes such a computer from adiabatic quantum systems.
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Thanks to the versatility, IBM Quantum Experience can solve a number of tasks much more efficiently than ordinary computers, albeit super-productive, can do. These are mainly tasks of the following nature:
• Fast processing of huge databases;
• Optimization of processes, the nature of which is close to the so-called traveling salesman problem ;
• Analysis and processing of scientific data with the identification of certain patterns;
• Decomposition of numbers into prime factors using the Shor algorithm. If quantum systems start working with such operations, it will be necessary to forget about cryptography in its modern form.



For the latter example, the IBM quantum computer can work with this algorithm. But for really effective work, more qubits are required. By 2025, our company is going to assemble a system containing from 50 to 100 qubits. In this case, we can already talk about the beginning of work on complex practical problems.



Since May this year, many specialists from various fields have been able to work with IBM's quantum computer. Some have presented their own programs for the IBM Quantum Experience. Most of the algorithms presented astrophysicist Christine Morano of the California Institute of Technology (USA). According to Morano, these are the most simple quantum algorithms , for example, the algorithms of Grover and Deutsch-Yozhi, written in Python. Morano offers users who have access to the IBM Quantum Experience, to modify these programs for themselves and try out their work on a quantum system.