Welcome ibm_pittsburgh, goodbye ibm_sherbrooke

Heron r3 has landed

Today, we are thrilled to announce the launch of ibm_pittsburgh, our first quantum computer powered by the new Heron Revision 3 (r3) QPU, and located in our Poughkeepsie quantum datacenter. r3 is the result of targeted improvements that directly impact coherence, gate fidelity, and readout performance.

The results speak for themselves, including an industry-leading ~350 us of T2 coherence; see the latest metrics on Pittsburgh on IBM Quantum® Platform. This steady, measured progress is at the center of our strategy for delivering reliable and performant quantum computing.

Retirement of ibm_sherbrooke

As recently announced, today we retire one of our Eagle processors, ibm_sherbrooke. We invite you to migrate to our quantum computers powered by Heron processors, to take advantage of the lower error rates (approximately 5x lower EPLG) and faster gates (nearly 8x faster), leading to more performant circuits.

Together, let’s open the door to more complex algorithmic exploration and real-world applications.