{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-06/ibm-quantum-system-two-chicago","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-06/ibm-quantum-system-two-chicago.md","title":"IBM Debuts Quantum System Two in Chicago With Nighthawk Chip","headline":"IBM, University of Chicago and Illinois Unveil Quantum System Two at Hyde Park Labs","description":"IBM's first quantum computer in Illinois, a Quantum System Two powered by the Nighthawk chip, is now running at Hyde Park Labs before moving to IQMP.","section":"Product Launches","published_at":"2026-11-06T20:37:29+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-06T20:37:29+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["IBM's Quantum System Two is operational at Hyde Park Labs in Chicago and will later move to the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park.","The system runs on IBM Quantum Nighthawk, which IBM calls the most powerful quantum chip it has built.","The machine anchors the National Quantum Algorithm Center, where Deloitte and AbbVie work with IBM and Northwestern University on molecular simulation for drug discovery."],"companies":[{"name":"IBM","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000337/ibm","website":"http://www.ibm.com"},{"name":"Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00pr87b/illinois-quantum-microelectronics-park","website":"https://iqmp.org"},{"name":"Deloitte","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000bae/deloitte","website":"https://www2.deloitte.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"IBM Unveils Its Most Advanced Quantum Computer in Chicago, Marking a Milestone for Illinois's Quantum Future","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-unveils-its-most-advanced-quantum-computer-in-chicago-marking-a-milestone-for-illinoiss-quantum-future-302932368.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Product Launches","IBM","Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park","Deloitte"],"body_markdown":"[IBM](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000337/ibm) unveiled an IBM Quantum System Two in Chicago on November 6, 2026, its first quantum computer in Illinois and the company's most advanced system available, with the University of Chicago, the State of Illinois and the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-unveils-its-most-advanced-quantum-computer-in-chicago-marking-a-milestone-for-illinoiss-quantum-future-302932368.html) published the announcement.\n\n## Inside IBM's Hyde Park Quantum System Two\n\nThe system is initially located at Hyde Park Labs and hosted by the University of Chicago, and it is fueled by IBM Quantum Nighthawk, which IBM describes as the most powerful quantum chip it has ever built. IBM said the machine will ultimately be moved to [Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00pr87b/illinois-quantum-microelectronics-park), a campus in Chicago under construction, where it will anchor the National Quantum Algorithm Center.\n\n\"Today, it can deliver scientifically useful results to organizations across the state of Illinois and beyond,\" said Arvind Krishna, IBM's Chairman and CEO. Governor JB Pritzker said the unveiling gives researchers and businesses \"the tool to turn big ideas into real-world solutions.\"\n\nOrganizations across Illinois are already working with IBM on quantum computing, according to the announcement. NQAC Grand Challenge participants [Deloitte](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000bae/deloitte) and AbbVie are working with IBM and Northwestern University to build quantum molecular simulation approaches for drug discovery, and EPRI and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are exploring quantum optimization algorithms for power grids. Fermilab is working with IBM to accelerate high-energy physics research with quantum and advance technologies for distributed quantum computing.\n\n## IBM's Quantum Foundry and Chip Records\n\nIBM announced in June 2026 the formation of Anderon, described in akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data) as the world's first pure-play quantum wafer foundry, backed by $1 billion from the U.S. Department of Commerce under the CHIPS Act and a matching $1 billion from IBM. The same records list a June 2026 product launch of a 0.7nm nanostack 3D transistor architecture with nearly 100 billion transistors per chip and up to 50% more performance or 70% greater energy efficiency than its 2nm node.\n\n## Earlier IBM Quantum Work in November 2026\n\nOn November 5, 2026, IBM, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and AMD unveiled a co-design platform for quantum error correction that co-locates IBM's 120-qubit Nighthawk processor with ORNL's Umbra HPC system, PR Newswire reported. That day, Quantum Zeitgeist reported that researchers demonstrated a measurement-based dynamical decoupling protocol on IBM's Eagle processor that boosted the success probability of a 14-qubit quantum Fourier transform by 450-fold. On November 6, 2026, Quantum Zeitgeist reported that IBM researchers built a 100-site spin chain on quantum hardware, achieving 97.9-99.0% fidelity in preparing ground states of the spin-1/2 bond-alternating Heisenberg chain.\n\n## IBM's Chicago Workforce Plans\n\nEarlier in 2026, IBM announced it would establish the FutureNow Chicago center at IQMP in partnership with City Colleges of Chicago, bringing 750 jobs to the region across AI, cybersecurity, data science, quantum computing and other technologies, according to the announcement.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}