GoKawiilIBM details Nighthawk r3 quantum chip, plans 1,000-qubit system for 2027
IBM announced its next-generation Nighthawk r3 quantum processor, designed to execute 10,000 quantum operations across 520 qubits. The company said clients including E.ON, Algorithmiq and Q-CTRL have already run over 34 billion circuits on the current Nighthawk r2 chip, seeing speed gains up to 19 times faster than earlier IBM processors. IBM also said it plans to link two Nighthawk r3 processors into a single system exceeding 1,000 qubits in 2027.