IBM Quantum System Two
Award: Graphite Pencil
Graphite Pencil / Product Design / Technological Innovation / 2024
IBM Quantum System Two is the world’s first modular, customizable quantum computing system. It facilitates any number of cryostat configurations and enables users to swap in classical and AI hardware to increase computational capacity.
System Two is clad in anodized, polished aluminum and surrounded by a box of 70/30 glass that act as both a mirror and a window into the system. At its core, the nine-ton dilution refrigerator contains three world-leading IBM Quantum processors in a vacuum colder than deep space, designed to combat outside interference.
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