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[1\/2]<\/b>An AMD logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic\/Illustration\/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a>SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) – IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab<\/a> said on Friday it is able to run a key quantum computing algorithm on commonly available chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab<\/a>, in a step toward commercializing super-powerful computers.The U.S. stalwart is racing to develop quantum computing against Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab<\/a> and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab<\/a> Google, which announced a breakthrough algorithm this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n Quantum computers use what are known as qubits to tackle problems that would take conventional computers thousands of years to crack – problems such as how trillions of atoms react over time. However, qubits are prone to errors that can quickly overwhelm the useful computing work of a quantum chip.<\/p>\n In June, IBM said it had developed an algorithm to run alongside quantum chips that can address such errors. In a research paper seen by Reuters to be published Monday, IBM will show that it can run those algorithms in real time on a type of chip called a field programmable gate array manufactured by AMD.<\/p>\n Jay Gambetta, the IBM vice president running the firm’s quantum efforts, said the work showed that IBM’s algorithm not only works in the real world, but can operate on a readily available AMD chip that is not “ridiculously expensive.”<\/p>\n “Implementing it, and showing that the implementation is actually 10 times faster than what is needed, is a big deal,” Gambetta said in an interview.<\/p>\n IBM has a multi-year plan to build a quantum computer called Starling by 2029. Gambetta said the algorithm work disclosed Friday was completed a year ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Christopher Cushing<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n