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IBM Unveils Its Most Advanced Quantum Computer in Chicago, Marking a Milestone for Illinois's Quantum Future

IBM, the University of Chicago, Illinois, and IQMP unveiled IBM Quantum System Two in Chicago, the company’s first quantum computer in Illinois and its most advanced system available. Hosted by the university at Hyde Park Labs, it uses IBM’s Nighthawk quantum chip and is intended to support research and collaboration.

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What happened

IBM, the University of Chicago, Illinois officials, and the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park unveiled IBM Quantum System Two in Chicago. The university hosts the system at Hyde Park Labs, where it is operating. It is IBM’s first quantum computer in Illinois and uses the Nighthawk chip.

Global impact / market context

The system gives researchers a place to work and collaborate. IBM expects to move it to the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park after that site is completed. The evidence does not show a financial or market effect.

What to watch

  1. Check whether the system remains operating at Hyde Park Labs; this shows whether it continues working at its current site.
  2. Check whether the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park site is completed; IBM expects to move the system there afterward.
  3. Check for updates on research and collaboration using the system; these are its stated intended uses.

Affected assets

  • International Business Machines Corporation

Evidence