India, Jan. 7 -- IBM has officially released the first generation of its Nighthawk quantum processor. The processor was unveiled at the annual Quantum Developer Conference, the Nighthawk processor is designed to bridge the gap between experimental utility and practical quantum advantage, the point where a quantum computer solves a problem more effectively than any classical system.

Nighthawk features 120 superconducting qubits arranged in a square lattice. This design differs from the "heavy-hex" geometru found in previous models like Eagle and Heron. The new layout incorporates 218 next-generation tunable couplers, providing each qubit with connectivity to its four nearest neighbours.

This 20% increase in connectivity compared to the H...