IBM’s boffins run a nifty quantum error-correction algorithm on standard AMD FPGAs, and it is’ 10 times faster than what is needed’ — research propels IBM’s Starling quantum computer project forward

Hot on the heels of Google’s breakthrough in the practical application of quantum computing, IBM is now poised to announce a quantum leap of its own. According to a Reuters report, a team of IBM researchers will publish a paper on Monday, October 27, detailing how they performed quantum error correction on standard AMD chips. That should smooth one of the major roadblocks to the practical usability of quantum computers, namely, result accuracy.

The error-correction algorithm reportedly not only runs in…