IBM details using a 127-qubit quantum processor to simulate the behavior of 127 atom-scale bar magnets, known as an Ising model, taking under a millisecond (Kenneth Chang/New York Times)

Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
IBM details using a 127-qubit quantum processor to simulate the behavior of 127 atom-scale bar magnets, known as an Ising model, taking under a millisecond  —  A quantum computer came up with better answers to a physics problem than a conventional supercomputer.