IBM Improves Qubit Reset by 25x and Releases Qiskit v2.5 - Quantum Computing Report

IBM has announced two major advancements this past week, spanning both its quantum hardware and software ecosystems. Hardware: 25x Faster Qubit Resets On the hardware front, IBM achieved a 25x speed improvement for qubit resetting on its latest processor. Rapid reset times are critical after a circuit finishes executing, as they prepare the machine for the next run. The faster this occurs, the more circuits the system can execute per second. To quantify this efficiency, IBM introduced a new metric called Max Circuits per Second (MCPS). The company claims that for short circuits, MCPS has jumped from roughly 4,000 to 100,000. [...]

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