{"id":147623,"date":"2026-09-29T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147623"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:11:46","slug":"sa-ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147623","title":{"rendered":"(SA) IBM&#8217;s Quantum Computer Completes in 19 Seconds What Could Take a Supercomputer a Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some computations are so hardcore that it takes a facility of extraordinary power to even think about running them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the supercomputers \u2013 massive facilities humming with the corpulence of their GPUs and CPUs, crunching applications that would take a desktop computer hundreds to thousands of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A commercially accessible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/quantum-computers\">quantum computer<\/a> has just accomplished a feat that suggests this newer technology could one day leave supercomputers in the dust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In just 19 seconds, IBM&#8217;s Nighthawk r2 processor generated a million samples \u2013 a task estimated to take a supercomputer around 110 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Quantum Computer Just Did in 19 Seconds What Could Take a Supercomputer 110 Years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sdqaoE9yKO\">https:\/\/t.co\/sdqaoE9yKO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Randy Kemp (@randylewiskemp) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/randylewiskemp\/status\/2105041440921235782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some computations are so hardcore that it takes a facility of extraordinary power to even think about running them. These are the supercomputers \u2013 massive facilities humming with the corpulence of their GPUs and CPUs, crunching applications that would take<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147623\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[589,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporationscorporate-life","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147627,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147623\/revisions\/147627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}