[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-ibm-trims-linked-quantum-chips-from-nine-to-two":10,"sections":52},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":44,"feedback":51,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":51,"total_tokens":51},12874,"ibm-trims-linked-quantum-chips-from-nine-to-two","IBM Trims Linked Quantum Chips From Nine to Two","IBM's updated quantum roadmap adds a Nighthawk chip with more than 500 qubits while scaling back how many processors it plans to link together.","IBM has cut the number of Nighthawk quantum processors it plans to link from nine to two, and it is making up the difference with a bigger single chip: a new version with more than 500 programmable qubits.\n\nThe company announced the changes at its Quantum Developer's Conference. Nighthawk is IBM's next-generation general-use processor line, and the 500-plus-qubit version greatly widens what that line covers. Qubits are the quantum equivalent of bits, the units that do the computing. Under the revised plan, IBM will offer access to a dual-processor system in 2027, rather than a nine-system setup.\n\nThe total number of qubits IBM had planned stays the same. Only the route to that number changes.\n\nThe simple arithmetic is worth spelling out. If the total holds while fewer chips are joined, each chip has to carry more of the load. That fits the larger Nighthawk variant. It also means IBM is leaning on making individual processors bigger rather than on stitching many together.\n\nThe headline goal has not moved. IBM said it is still aiming for error-corrected quantum computers before the decade is out. Error correction spreads information across many physical qubits so the machine can catch and fix its own mistakes, which is why qubit counts matter so much to the roadmap.\n\nWhat remains open is whether two linked processors give IBM enough room to test that goal, or whether the larger link counts return in a later revision.","[\"quantum-computing\",\"ibm\",\"nighthawk\",\"roadmap\"]","2026-11-11T16:33:08.000Z","2026-11-11T18:35:05.889Z","2026-11-11T18:35:06.123Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the leftover meta-commentary ('The source does not say why IBM made the swap'), and fix the timing: the source says the qubit total is unchanged for 'next year', not 2027, so the dek and body claim the wrong year for the qubit total. Also cut or clearly label the unsupported analysis (e.g. that two chips 'sidestep' the linking problem), and fix the confusing line 'The revision reads as...'.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The lead states as fact that IBM is 'making up the difference with a much larger single chip', but the source only says the qubit total is unchanged and the route differs, so move that link to the labeled inference or cut it; also fix 'seven fewer links' (nine to two is seven fewer chips, not links), and cut or source the unsupported lines about the single-chip path being 'more conservative' and the roadmap 'leaning on' one large chip plus a linked pair.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"Cut the leftover meta-commentary ('The source does not say why IBM made the trade...') or attribute it to Ars Technica by name; make the timing consistent, since the headline ties 'nine to two' to a '2027 plan' and the body mixes 'next year' with 'the 2027 total' when the source only dates the dual-processor access to 2027; and cut or source the unsupported aside that keeping a headline number while changing parts 'is not unusual in hardware'.","science",[40,41,42,43],"quantum-computing","ibm","nighthawk","roadmap",[45,48],{"name":46,"url":47},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fscience\u002F2026\u002F11\u002Fibm-to-offer-access-to-a-dual-processor-quantum-system-in-2027\u002F",{"name":49,"url":50},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Fibm-quantum-nighthawk-r3-1040-qubit-system-2027",0,{"sections":53},[54,59,64,69,74,79,84,88,93,98,103,108,113,118],{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"AI","ai",7144,"2026-11-12T13:27:45.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":63},"Security","security",1128,"2026-11-11T18:05:00.000Z",{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Deals","deals",642,"2026-11-12T14:00:00.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Policy","policy",619,"2026-11-12T12:53:36.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",364,"2026-11-12T11:12:32.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Hardware","hardware",336,"2026-11-12T11:24:43.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":38,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Science",230,"2026-11-12T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Software","software",168,"2026-11-11T17:36:49.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Startups","startups",159,"2026-11-11T12:30:00.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":104,"slug":105,"count":106,"latest_published_at":107},"General","general",118,"2026-11-11T16:49:42.000Z",{"name":109,"slug":110,"count":111,"latest_published_at":112},"Gaming","gaming",107,"2026-11-12T10:09:03.000Z",{"name":114,"slug":115,"count":116,"latest_published_at":117},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":119,"slug":120,"count":121,"latest_published_at":122},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]