Quantum Surprise: IBM Runs 10× Faster Error‐Correction on AMD Chips, Stocks Skyrocket
IBM said Oct. 24 it ran a quantum error-correction algorithm on a standard AMD FPGA chip, achieving speeds ten times faster than required. The work, completed a year ahead of schedule for IBM’s Starling quantum computer, sent IBM shares up 8.2% and AMD to a record high. IBM and AMD began their quantum supercomputing partnership in August. IBM is competing with Microsoft and Google in quantum advances.