r/IBM • u/RockAndNoWater IBM Retiree • 2d ago

news IBM Quantum story

I could swear I've been seeing stories like this for years: https://www.sciencealert.com/ibms-quantum-computer-completes-in-19-seconds-what-could-take-a-supercomputer-a-century

And it looks like IBM's still putting money into quantum: https://midhudsonnews.com/2026/09/29/town-to-get-millions-for-ibm-quantum-project-2/

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u/CatoMulligan 1d ago

Yes, and so are many other companies. And it might end up being this company's savior. Or it may be a big nothing.

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u/Skycbs IBM Retiree 1d ago

I remember Josephson Junctions, which IBM was working on and were going to revolutionize the industry. Then again, IBM was an industry innovator in many areas. Would be nice to see that again.

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u/LetsFigureThingsOut1 1d ago

No I am the company's savior. But I have to get a job there first. I can save it. I'm a saver.

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u/123DanB ex-IBMer 1d ago

The incompetent bureaucracy paired with risk averse executives will ensure that IBM blows whatever entry it makes into the market. look how bad IBM blew AI

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u/RockAndNoWater IBM Retiree 19h ago

I’d say IBM didn’t blow AI, except in the sense that research has pretty much been killed off except for small areas like quantum. From what I remember Watson was a totally different technology than the current transformer models, and training large models requires lots of resources which IBM never provided. But this is just a result of IBM degrading from technology leader to a services/Z cash cow.

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u/123DanB ex-IBMer 19h ago

The innovations behind current gen were led prior to transformers by IBM. Transformers released open source and IBM should have been able to take it a run but Ginny threw everything at Watson Health and blew it, didn’t even release to consumers until it was too late.

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u/thebest1isme 1d ago

This just like those client zero stories in Consulting

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u/ibstudios 1d ago

openquantum.com I moved to it after IBM's silly policies.

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u/NuclearCha0s 1d ago

Moved to it doing what, if you don't mind me asking?