While exciting to hear of IBM last update, the number 53 sits uncomfortably with me as a child of base 2. Couldn't they have pushed a bit hard to get to 64, or maybe this is a salient reminder that we are in a totally different paradigm to the on/off world of silicon bits.
today announced that it will soon make a 53-qubit quantum computer
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/18/ibm-will-soon-launch-a-53-qubit-quantum-computer/