IBM announces 'IBM Quantum Heron,' a big leap in quantum computing and the first in a new series of utility-scale quantum processors. The chips possess an architecture engineered over the past four years, promising to deliver IBM's highest performance metrics and lowest error rates of any IBM Quantum processor to date. The new processor was revealed at the annual IBM Quantum Summit in New York.

IBM also debuted IBM Quantum System Two, the company's first Quantum Computing and cornerstone of IBM's quantum-centric supercomputing architecture. The first IBM Quantum System Two, located in Yorktown Heights, New York, has begun operations with three IBM Heron processors and supporting control electronics.

Commenting on the occasion, Dario Gil, SVP and Director of Research, IBM, said, "We are firmly within the era in which quantum computers are being used as a tool to explore new frontiers of science. As we continue to advance how quantum systems can scale and deliver value through modular architectures, we will further increase the quality of a utility-scale quantum technology stack – and put it into the hands of our users and partners who will push the boundaries of more complex problems."

With this critical foundation now in place, along with other breakthroughs in quantum hardware, theory, and software, IBM proclaims that it is extending its IBM Quantum Development Roadmap to 2033 with new targets to significantly advance the quality of gate operations. Doing so would increase the size of quantum circuits able to be run and help to realize the full potential of quantum computing at scale.