IBM unveiled a 1,121-qubit quantum processor named Condor in December 2023
IBM announced the Condor quantum processor with 1,121 superconducting qubits at the IBM Quantum Summit 2023, claiming it was the world's largest gate-based quantum processor at the time of announcement.
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Quantum computing researchers note that IBM simultaneously announced a shift in strategy toward smaller, more error-corrected processors (Heron), suggesting the large qubit count of Condor was less practically significant than the headline implied.
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