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Each configuration was evaluated in a single search run; the study shows a cost-performance trade-off on one engineering task, not a universal model ranking.","Researchers also reported that extending the open search from 100 to 200 hypotheses raised the speedup from 52x to 60x, with diminishing gains. Inference cost is not the cost of the full hardware-development workflow; the results are IBM-reported synthesis estimates."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"US","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"اختبرت IBM Research البحث التصميمي القائم على الوكلاء لعتاد مفكك ترميز تصحيح الأخطاء الكمومية باستخدام نماذج مفتوحة وllm-d.","de":"IBM Research testete eine agentenbasierte Entwurfssuche für Quantenfehlerkorrektur-Hardware mit offenen Modellen und llm-d.","en":"IBM Research tested agent-based design search for quantum error-correction decoder hardware using open models and llm-d.","es":"IBM Research probó búsqueda de diseño mediante agentes para hardware de un decodificador cuántico, con modelos abiertos y llm-d.","fr":"IBM Research a testé une recherche de conception par agents pour le matériel d’un décodeur quantique, à l’aide de modèles ouverts et de llm-d.","pt":"A IBM Research testou busca de projetos por agentes para hardware de decodificador de correção quântica usando modelos abertos e llm-d.","tr":"IBM Research, açık modeller ve llm-d ile kuantum hata düzeltme devresi donanımı için ajan tabanlı tasarım aramasını denedi."},"id":"event-summary","items":[{"date":"2026-10-13","description":{"ar":"اختبرت IBM Research البحث التصميمي القائم على الوكلاء لعتاد مفكك ترميز تصحيح الأخطاء الكمومية باستخدام نماذج مفتوحة وllm-d.","de":"IBM Research testete eine agentenbasierte Entwurfssuche für Quantenfehlerkorrektur-Hardware mit offenen Modellen und llm-d.","en":"IBM Research tested agent-based design search for quantum error-correction decoder hardware using open models and llm-d.","es":"IBM Research probó búsqueda de diseño mediante agentes para hardware de un decodificador cuántico, con modelos abiertos y llm-d.","fr":"IBM Research a testé une recherche de conception par agents pour le matériel d’un décodeur quantique, à l’aide de modèles ouverts et de llm-d.","pt":"A IBM Research testou busca de projetos por agentes para hardware de decodificador de correção quântica usando modelos abertos e llm-d.","tr":"IBM Research, açık modeller ve llm-d ile kuantum hata düzeltme devresi donanımı için ajan tabanlı tasarım aramasını denedi."},"label":{"ar":"IBM تدرس مصنع وكلاء بنماذج مفتوحة لتصميم الرقائق","de":"IBM untersucht offene Modell-Agentenfabrik für Chipdesign","en":"IBM studies open-model agent factory for chip design","es":"IBM estudia una fábrica de agentes con modelos abiertos para diseñar chips","fr":"IBM étudie une usine d’agents à modèles ouverts pour concevoir des puces","pt":"IBM estuda fábrica de agentes com modelos abertos para projeto de chips","tr":"IBM, açık model ajan fabrikasıyla yonga tasarımını araştırdı"},"status":"occurred"}],"methodology":{"ar":"يسجل الحدث عرضاً بحثياً من IBM Research بتاريخ 13 أكتوبر 2026. أرقام التكلفة والتسريع تخص تكلفة استدلال النماذج وتقديرات التركيب عالية المستوى في الدراسة، وليست قياسات لسيليكون مُصنّع.","de":"Das Ereignis ist eine Forschungsdemonstration von IBM Research vom 13. Oktober 2026. Kosten- und Beschleunigungswerte beziehen sich auf Inferenzaufwand und High-Level-Syntheseabschätzungen, nicht auf Messungen eines gefertigten Chips.","en":"The event is IBM Research’s company demonstration dated October 13, 2026. Cost and speedup figures describe model inference expense and high-level synthesis estimates in the study, not measurements on fabricated silicon.","es":"El evento es una demostración de investigación de IBM Research del 13 de octubre de 2026. Los costes y aceleraciones describen gastos de inferencia y estimaciones de síntesis de alto nivel, no mediciones de silicio fabricado.","fr":"L’événement est une démonstration de recherche d’IBM Research datée du 13 octobre 2026. Les coûts et accélérations correspondent aux dépenses d’inférence et aux estimations de synthèse de haut niveau de l’étude, pas à des mesures sur silicium fabriqué.","pt":"O evento é uma demonstração de pesquisa da IBM Research datada de 13 de outubro de 2026. Os custos e acelerações descrevem gastos de inferência e estimativas de síntese de alto nível, não medições em silício fabricado.","tr":"Etkinlik, IBM Research’in 13 Ekim 2026 tarihli şirket araştırma gösterimidir. Maliyet ve hızlanma sayıları makaledeki model çıkarım gideri ve yüksek düzey sentez tahminlerini anlatır; gerçek silikon ölçümü değildir."},"sourceUrls":["https://research.ibm.com/blog/open-agent-factories-and-distributed-inference-for-chip-design"],"title":{"ar":"نتيجة تجربة","de":"Demonstrationsergebnis","en":"Demonstration result","es":"Resultado de demostración","fr":"Résultat de démonstration","pt":"Resultado da demonstração","tr":"Deney sonucu"},"type":"events","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T08:46:38Z"}],"version":1},"data_downloads":[{"formats":{"csv":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/ibm-ai-agent-factory-quantum-chip-design-costs/data/event-summary?lang=en&format=csv","json":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/ibm-ai-agent-factory-quantum-chip-design-costs/data/event-summary?lang=en&format=json"},"id":"event-summary"}],"data_types":["events"],"editorial_illustration":null,"event_id":"event-2ce52c59-f356-55bf-b8f3-de22d7d070e0","event_period":"2026-10-13","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","id":"ibm-ai-agent-factory-quantum-chip-design-costs","image":null,"importance":0.6,"language":"en","modified_at":"2026-10-15T08:58:14+00:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","published_at":"2026-10-15T08:58:14+00:00","reading_minutes":1,"region":"world","section_illustration":null,"slug":"ibm-ai-agent-factory-quantum-chip-design-costs","sources":[{"checkedAt":"2026-10-15","name":"IBM Research","publishedAt":"2026-10-13","url":"https://research.ibm.com/blog/open-agent-factories-and-distributed-inference-for-chip-design"}],"summary":"IBM Research tested an agent factory using open-weight models and distributed inference to search hardware designs for a quantum error-correction decoder. Under the same 100-hypothesis search budget, the company reported inference costs of about $26 for the open-model configuration and $299 for the proprietary-model configuration.","text":"IBM Research tested an agent factory using open-weight models and distributed inference to search hardware designs for a quantum error-correction decoder. Under the same 100-hypothesis search budget, the company reported inference costs of about $26 for the open-model configuration and $299 for the proprietary-model configuration.\n\nThe open-model configuration achieved a 52x speedup over the baseline in synthesis estimates, while the proprietary configuration reported 204x. Each configuration was evaluated in a single search run; the study shows a cost-performance trade-off on one engineering task, not a universal model ranking.\n\nResearchers also reported that extending the open search from 100 to 200 hypotheses raised the speedup from 52x to 60x, with diminishing gains. 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