D-Wave Delivers Prototype of Next-Generation Advantage2 Annealing Quantum Computer

D-Wave Systems Inc, a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the only company building both quantum annealing and gate-based quantum computers, announced that it is showcasing an experimental prototype of the next-generation Advantage2 annealing quantum computer in the Leap quantum cloud service. The quantum prototype is available for use today. The Advantage2 prototype has 500 qubits, woven together in the new Zephyr topology with 20-way inter-qubit connectivity and enabled by an innovative new qubit design. The Advantage2 prototype represents a version of the upcoming full-scale product with all core functionality available for testing. In early benchmarks, the reduced scale system demonstrates more compact embeddings; an increased energy scale, lowering error rates; and improved solution quality and increased probability of finding optimal solutions.