🔷 IBM Quantum Platform

Access real quantum hardware and build with Qiskit

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Quantum Advantage in ML

🌟 The World's Leading Quantum Platform

IBM Quantum pioneered cloud quantum computing—offering free access to real quantum processors with 127+ qubits, advanced error mitigation, and Qiskit, the world's most popular quantum SDK. Over 500,000 users worldwide run 3 billion circuits daily on IBM's quantum fleet.

💡 Why IBM Quantum?

Unlike simulators, IBM provides real quantum hardware—superconducting transmon qubits operating at 15 millikelvin. The platform includes Qiskit Runtime for optimized execution, error mitigation tools, and cloud-based job scheduling. Free tier grants 10 minutes/month QPU time—enough for serious experimentation!

Simulator:
Perfect results, no noise
Limited scale (~30 qubits)
IBM Real Hardware:
127 qubits, real noise
Learn error mitigation

🎯 What You'll Master

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Qiskit SDK
Circuit construction & transpilation
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Composer & Lab
Visual circuit building
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Qiskit Runtime
Optimized execution primitives
Hardware Access
127-qubit quantum processors

🏆 IBM Quantum Milestones

2016: IBM Q Experience Launch5 qubits

First cloud quantum computing platform—democratizing quantum access globally

2021: IBM Quantum Eagle127 qubits

Broke 100-qubit barrier—beyond brute-force classical simulation

2023: IBM Quantum Heron133 qubits

5× error rate reduction—utility-scale quantum computing achieved

🔬 Critical Insight: Quantum Utility Era

IBM's 2023 announcement: quantum computers now provide utility—solving real problems better than classical alone. Demonstrated on 127-qubit systems with error mitigation. This marks the transition from "quantum advantage demonstrations" to "practical quantum computing"—you can access this hardware today!