IBM computing

IBM Researchers Store Data on World’s Smallest Magnet — a Single Atom

IBM has achieved a new milestone in miniaturized computing by creating the world’s smallest magnet, literally the size of a single atom, and storing exactly one bit of data on it. For reference, a bit is the smallest possible unit of data, usually represented as a “1” or “0” depending on electronic charge. Currently, hard … [Read more…]

IBM Building First Universal Quantum Computers for Business and Science

IBM has announced an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems. Known as “IBM Q,” this initiative will make use of quantum systems and services that can be delivered via the IBM Cloud platform. Traditional computers and supercomputers like IBM’s Watson are good at finding patterns in mountains of existing data and … [Read more…]