IBM Announces IBM Quantum Nighthawk r3: A New Processor to Support 10k Quantum Operations on 520 Programmable Qubits

IBM unveiled the IBM Quantum Nighthawk r3, a superconducting quantum processor with 520 programmable qubits capable of 10,000 accurate quantum operations. IBM plans to link two r3 chips in 2027 to create a 1,040-qubit system, following the current r2 chip that runs workloads up to 19 times faster than earlier models.