Some computations are so hardcore that it takes a facility of extraordinary power to even think about running them.
These are the supercomputers – massive facilities humming with the corpulence of their GPUs and CPUs, crunching applications that would take a desktop computer hundreds to thousands of years.
A commercially accessible quantum computer has just accomplished a feat that suggests this newer technology could one day leave supercomputers in the dust.
In just 19 seconds, IBM’s Nighthawk r2 processor generated a million samples – a task estimated to take a supercomputer around 110 years.
A Quantum Computer Just Did in 19 Seconds What Could Take a Supercomputer 110 Years https://t.co/sdqaoE9yKO
— Randy Kemp (@randylewiskemp) September 29, 2026
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