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Fusion42 · 20 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
IBM has connected its first modular cryogenic cells in New York, achieving operational temperatures below 15 millikelvin as a key milestone toward its 2029 fault-tolerant Starling quantum computer. The modular approach expands wiring space and enables scalable multi-chip integration via L-coupler quantum interconnects, targeting 1,000 programmable qubits by 2027.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing, and 5 sources have reported it.
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You must design your quantum software with modular hardware in mind as IBM's new cryogenic cells set a physical platform for linked multi-chip systems. This reshapes quantum computing hardware access and could open fresh pathways if your tools support distributed qubit architectures.
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