Anyone can try IBM’s powerful quantum computer

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 20, 2009 shows the entrance to IBM Corporate Headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM on May 4, 2016 opened its quantum computer processor to anyone who wants to try what is expected to be a new kind of computing with enormously improved power and speed. The cloud-based computing system will allow users to explore the technology, which scientists say may solve certain problems that are impossible to solve on today's supercomputers. / AFP PHOTO / STAN HONDA

WASHINGTON: IBM opened its quantum computer processor to anyone who wants to try what is expected to be a new kind of computing with enormously improved power and speed. 

The cloud-based computing system will allow users to explore the technology, which scientists say may solve certain problems that are impossible to solve on today’s supercomputers.