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The world’s most powerful quantum computing stack

The era of quantum utility demands a quantum computing stack that supports large-scale executions on world-leading quantum computers. IBM and partners offer tools and services that simplify the work of building complex circuits and improve performance.
Qiskit Functions

Streamline your quantum development workflow with Qiskit Functions, a catalog of managed services provided by IBM and 3rd-party partners.

Qiskit SDK

Qiskit is the toolkit for useful quantum computing, with stable, easy-to-use documentation and interoperable capabilities.

Qiskit Serverless

Qiskit Serverless provides a simple interface to run workloads across quantum and classical resources.

Quantum computers

Quantum computers

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IBM quantum computers are modular and extensible to leverage HPCs for quantum-centric supercomputing. Access IBM quantum computers via Qiskit Runtime.


Charting the path toward quantum advantage in 2026

We are now firmly in the era of quantum utility. That means quantum computers are better at quantum computing than classical computers, and can be leveraged by our users to discover new algorithms and search for quantum advantages. Our roadmap outlines our historic milestones and plans to achieve near-term quantum advantage by 2026

By 2029, we will deliver Starling—a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer capable of running quantum circuits comprising 100 million quantum gates on 200 logical qubits. We are building this system right now at our historic facility in Poughkeepsie, New York. Learn more about our progress with the explainer below.
This is the IBM Quantum Development and Innovation Roadmap 2025. It is a graphic broken into several parts that takes readers through IBM Quantum goals and milestones—past, present, and future—on the road to large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. For details, read the guided roadmap PDF linked above.

IBM Quantum Data Centers

This rendering depicts IBM Quantum Starling, the first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. Starling is marked for completion in 2029

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Circuits run on our quantum systems

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Utility-scale quantum systems worldwide

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Qubits on the Heron chip, built for real-time classical communication between processors

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Papers leveraging Qiskit® and IBM® Quantum services

IBM Quantum data centers in the U.S. and Europe provide global access to utility-scale quantum computers. These data centers will deliver the scale and stability needed to unlock the era of quantum advantage.

In June 2025, IBM announced the world’s first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer will be built at our newest data center in Poughkeepsie, NY.

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What is fault-tolerant quantum computing?

Quantum bits (“qubits”) are prone to errors. A fault-tolerant quantum computer detects and corrects these errors in real time so it can continue delivering accurate results. Large-scale fault tolerance is the central goal of quantum computer development.


Others have claimed fault tolerant quantum computing on small experimental devices, but these demonstrations can't be extended to useful computation. That requires fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of accurately running hundreds of millions of logical operations on hundreds or thousands of qubits. We will build such a system by 2029.

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IBM Quantum data center

IBM Quantum Safe

IBM Quantum Safe technology is a comprehensive set of tools, capabilities, and approaches that secures your enterprise for the quantum future. Clients expect security. Get ready for the quantum era.