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This study demonstrates immediate practical utility for near-term quantum hardware by solving non-equilibrium material simulations beyond the reach of even advanced classical supercomputers like Fugaku. By combining IBM's Heron processor with Qedma's error-mitigation software, researchers achieved consistent results in modeling Floquet Ising models where classical methods failed at larger scales. This validates that "Quantum Advantage" is accessible today for specific scientific problems without waiting for fully fault-tolerant systems.
BlueQubit Supports Qedma, IBM and RIKEN Study on Error-Mitigated Quantum Simulation

Insider Brief Press release – When will meaningful applications of quantum computers arrive? The standard answer has been at least five to ten years, while we wait for fully fault-tolerant hardware with millions of qubits. A new landmark study disagrees, saying Quantum Advantage is already here. BlueQubit supported Qedma Quantum Computing alongside IBM and RIKEN in demonstrating that today’s quantum […]
BlueQubit, Qedma, IBM, and RIKEN demonstrated an error-mitigated quantum simulation of a Floquet Ising model that was compared against advanced classical computing methods. The study used IBM’s Heron quantum processor with Qedma’s QESEM software and evaluated results against classical simulations run on Fugaku and GPU-based systems. The researchers…
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