IBM: Now at 50 Qubits and Beyond

[grarpamp at gmail.com (grarpamp)]

https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2017/03/ibm-q-50-qubit-quantum-computer/

IBM will build and sell commercial 50-qubit universal quantum
computers, dubbed IBM Q, "in the next few years." No word on pricing
just yet, but I wouldn't expect much change from $15 million -- the
cost of a non-universal D-Wave quantum computer. In other news, IBM
has also opened up an API (sample code available on Github) that gives
developers easier access to the five-qubit quantum computer currently
connected to the IBM cloud. Later in the year, IBM will release a full
SDK, further simplifying the process of building quantum software. You
can't actually do much useful computation with five qubits, mind you,
but fortunately IBM also has news there: the company's quantum
simulator can now simulate up to 20 qubits. The idea is that
developers should start thinking about potential 20-qubit quantum
scenarios now, so they're ready to be deployed when IBM builds the
actual hardware.