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IBM linked two quantum processors and kept most of the signal

IBM has shown four interconnects joining two of its Nighthawk quantum processors. Semiconductor Engineering reported an average quantum state-transfer fidelity of 99 percent and a two-qubit gate fidelity of 94.75 percent across that link. The point of the experiment is modular machines: several smaller processors working as one, instead of one ever-larger chip.

This is a laboratory result about connecting processors. It does not put a quantum computer on a student laptop, and it does not replace the classical computers used for college labs.

For students

When a headline says quantum computing has arrived, ask what was measured and on how many qubits. Fidelity numbers describe that test. They are not a mark sheet for every problem.

Source: Semiconductor Engineering. This page is a short rewrite for students, not the full article.