Analytics Dashboard Documentation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t020<\/td> 2024-02-28<\/td> IBM retiring remaining Falcon systems<\/td> IBM notes: In keeping with our commitment towards utility-scale systems, IBM will be retiring the remaining Falcon systems, ibm_algiers, ibm_cairo, and ibm_hanoi, on or around April 30.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t019<\/td> 2024-02-23<\/td> Changes how start times happen in Qiskit Runtime<\/td> Once these systems are retired, they will no longer accept or process jobs. We suggest retrieving any job data from important past jobs before the systems are retired. Please refer to the following documentation for more information on retrieving past jobs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t018<\/td> 2024-02-14<\/td> Changes to Qiskit Runtime Primitives<\/td> Last year we introduced Qiskit Patterns as the four-step archetype for how to use quantum systems. In step 2, circuits and observables are prepared to efficiently run on quantum hardware. This step ensures that users don\u2019t incur unnecessary costs when making Primitive (Sampler or Estimator) queries, because (potentially unbounded-cost) classical computations are done on the client side. To further encourage this mode of operation, beginning 1 March 2024, Qiskit Runtime will require that circuits and observables are transformed to use only instructions supported by the system (referred to as instruction set architecture (ISA) circuits and observables) before being submitted to the primitives. This change also streamlines service operations to produce faster results and make more efficient use of our fleet of quantum systems. See the transpilation documentation for instructions to transform circuits and the primitive examples to see this coupled with operator transformations. Due to this change, the primitives will no longer perform layout or routing operations; consequently, transpilation options referring to those tasks will no longer have any effect. Users can still request that the Primitives skip optimization of input circuits via options.transpilation.skip_transpilation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t017<\/td> 2024-02-02<\/td> Retiring ibm_kolkata & ibm_mumbai<\/td> Retiring ibm_kolkata and ibm_mumbai on or around 4\/1\/2024. We suggest retrieving any past jobs before the systems are retired.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t016<\/td> 2023-12-01<\/td> New 133 qubit backend added<\/td> We are pleased to announce that we have released our first IBM Quantum system based on a Heron quantum processor, the 133-qubit ibm_torino. Leveraging signal delivery innovations from Osprey, Heron delivers the performance of an\u00a0Egret\u00a0at the scale of an Eagle. Specifically, using the tunable coupler architecture first\u00a0demonstrated\u00a0on ibm_prague, ibm_torino achieves our best score yet on the new\u00a0layer fidelity benchmark, an EPLG of 0.8% across a 100-qubit chain. At the level of individual two-qubit gates, the median error of 0.35% eclipses the previous best on a 100Q+ system by nearly a factor of two, while shrinking the median gate time to a mere 124 ns, roughly a factor of four faster than on a typical Eagle. Note that in contrast to the directional ECR and CX gates used on Eagle and older systems, the native two-qubit gate here is a controlled-Z (CZ) rotation, which is inherently symmetric between the two qubits, simplifying the task of mapping circuits onto physical qubits. Heron will also serve as the foundation on which we\u2019ll follow our updated development roadmap. The first introduction of IBM Quantum System Two will feature a collection of three Heron quantum processors. We\u2019re referring to Heron as the most performant quantum processor in the world and it will be the technological path forward as we further drive our roadmap through this Era of Utility towards quantum computing at scale.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t015<\/td> 2023-11-30<\/td> New 127 qubit backend added<\/td> pleased to announce that a new system with 127 qubits, ibm_osaka, is now accessible through your Hub. For more details on the system's specifications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t014<\/td> 2023-11-29<\/td> New URLs for IBM Quantum Platform<\/td> Within the upcoming days, IBM Quantum Platform will find a new home on the domain\u00a0https:\/\/quantum.ibm.com\/. Documentation will be on\u00a0https:\/\/docs.quantum.ibm.com\/, Learning on\u00a0https:\/\/learning.quantum.ibm.com\/, and Administration on\u00a0https:\/\/quantum.ibm.com\/admin. All previous URLs will redirect to the new ones, but you will have to re-authenticate. We hope this new URL is easier to remember and share!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t013<\/td> 2023-11-28<\/td> Retire immediately nairobi,lagos, perth<\/td> Today, IBM has retired ibm_nairobi, ibm_lagos, and ibm_perth as part of our transition towards utility scale systems with more than 100 qubits. These systems will no longer accept or process jobs. Any jobs that were queued on these systems have been flushed out of the queue and will not return results.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t012<\/td> 2023-11-23<\/td> New 127 qubit backend added<\/td> a new 127 qubit machine, ibm_kyoto has been added for use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t011<\/td> 2023-11-02<\/td> New capabilities from Middleware for Quantum<\/td> We are excited to release today new capabilities from Middleware for Quantum, in beta release. Starting today, you will have additional tools as part of Quantum Serverless to build quantum classical workflows and manage their execution on heterogeneous compute resources. As part of this beta release, Premium clients will have access to classical compute for remote execution of workloads, easy distribution and parallelization of tasks, compatibility with Qiskit Runtime Primitives and sessions, support for third-party Python packages, and ability to work with multiple files.These capabilities will be replacing Qiskit Runtime custom programs, which will be deprecated on November 2, and which we plan to remove on or around November 27.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t010<\/td> 2023-11-10<\/td> ibm_auckland has been retired effective immediately<\/td> ibm_auckland will no longer accept or process jobs. Any jobs that were queued on this system have been flushed out of the queue and will not return results.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t009<\/td> 2023-11-2023<\/td> New release of Middleware for Quantum (beta)<\/td> We are excited to release today new capabilities from Middleware for Quantum, in beta release. Starting today, you will have additional tools as part of Quantum Serverless to build quantum classical workflows and manage their execution on heterogeneous compute resources. As part of this beta release, Premium clients will have access to classical compute for remote execution of workloads, easy distribution and parallelization of tasks, compatibility with Qiskit Runtime Primitives and sessions, support for third-party Python packages, and ability to work with multiple files.These capabilities will be replacing Qiskit Runtime custom programs, which will be deprecated on November 2, and which we plan to remove on or around November 27.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t008<\/td> 2023-10-30<\/td> System maintenance outages Nov 1-3<\/td> We will be upgrading some of our infrastructure security between November 1st and November 3rd. Each of our systems will experience two or more interruptions of services during this period.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t007<\/td> 2023-10-27<\/td> IBM guadalupe has been retired effective immediatly<\/td> This system will no longer accept or process jobs. Any jobs that were queued on the system have been flushed out of the queue and will not return results.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t006<\/td> 2023-10-16<\/td> IBM to retire the current Qilskit Runtime 11-27-2023<\/td> To bring you with us on that evolutionary path we are upgrading our Qiskit Runtime custom programs. We will announce more details about the new upgraded functionality on November 1st. At this time we just wanted to inform you that as a result of this upgrade, the current Qiskit Runtime custom programs will be retired on or around November 27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t005<\/td> 2023-10-09<\/td> IBM changes QIC support team's email<\/td> IBM quantum support team's email to ibmquantum@ibm.com. This is for tuture questions, issues adn feedback to IBM regarding quantum system and services \n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t004<\/td> 2023-09-07<\/td> 433 qubit ibm_seattle was retired<\/td> ibm_seattle was available to our users for a limited time, it was a key technology demonstrator. Thanks to ibm_seattle, we were able to successfully demonstrate high-density signal delivery (and cooling thereof), large chip\/package sizes, and high-density room-temperature electronics at scale, as well as compiler and other software stack enhancements, which is all important data that will be fed forward to our future systems. Seattle has been retired and at a date to be announced in December '23 a new system with the Heron chip will be added to the QIC users<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t003<\/td> 2023-10-03<\/td> Systems being retired <\/td> ibm_hanoi and ibm_auckland on or around November 9th, 2023.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t002<\/td> 2023-09-27<\/td> Reservable systems decreased<\/td> With the retirement of backends yesterday, only 3 systems are still reservable: lagos (7 qubit), perth (7 qubit) and kolkata (27 qubit). Once these systems are deprecated, the reservation capability will disappear <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t001<\/td> 2023-09-26<\/td> Backends retired<\/td> Today, ibmq_lima, ibmq_belem, ibmq_quito, ibmq_manila, and ibmq_jakarta have been retired as part of our transition towards utility scale systems with more than 100 qubits. ibmq_guadalupe will remain online for a few additional days, and we will send an additional announcement once it has retired as well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"red_400\",\"imageID\":29,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/quantum.ncsu.edu\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/09\/quantum-e1678819965513.jpg\",\"useCTA\":false,\"boxPosition\":\"left\",\"ctaNum\":\"one\",\"mirrorLayout\":true,\"imageAlt\":\"\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nQuantum Updates - Quantum Updates<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n