IBM, AMD, And Oak Ridge Unveil Quantum Error Correction Platform
The Next Platform, Friday, November 6th, 2026
IBM, AMD and Oak Ridge's Quantum Science Center unveiled a colocated quantum-classical co-design platform for quantum error correction.
IBM, AMD and the Quantum Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory unveiled a co-design platform for quantum error correction that integrates quantum computers with classical HPC systems in the same location.
IBM says such colocation is rare, since connections usually run through the cloud via APIs, adding complexity and delay.
Current quantum systems typically have gate error rates of one per 100 to 1,000 operations, which must improve significantly for fault-tolerant computing.
IBM's Seetharami Seelam says quantum and classical processors must work closely together to develop these techniques, with QPUs acting as another accelerator alongside GPUs and other processors.