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class="mw-redirect" title="IBM Quantum System One">IBM Quantum System One</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://research.ibm.com/blog/quantum-roadmap-2033">research<wbr />.ibm<wbr />.com<wbr />/blog<wbr />/quantum-roadmap-2033</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>IBM Quantum System Two</b> is the first modular utility-scaled <a href="/wiki/Quantum_computing" title="Quantum computing">quantum computer</a> system, unveiled by <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> on December 4, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is a successor to the <a href="/wiki/IBM_Q_System_One" title="IBM Q System One">IBM Quantum System One</a>. </p><p>It contains three <a href="/wiki/IBM_Quantum_Heron" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM Quantum Heron">IBM Quantum Heron</a> processors, which can be scaled up due to its modularity, and later upgraded for newer QPU's, as it is fully upgradeable.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For its maximum efficiency, it has to be cooled down to a temperature of a few hundredths of degrees above absolute zero (10-20 <a href="/wiki/Kelvin" title="Kelvin">mK</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using <a href="/wiki/Dilution_refrigerator" title="Dilution refrigerator">dilution technology</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_usage">Current usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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