# From error mitigation to fault-tolerant quantum computing

DevFeed: [From error mitigation to fault-tolerant quantum computing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-error-mitigation-to-fault-tolerant-quantum-computing-26800.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.ibm.com/blog/qec-continuum>)

Published: 2026-09-15T14:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [IBM Research](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ibm-research.md>)

Topics: [Quantum Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/quantum-computing.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>)

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## AI overview

The article describes a continuum from quantum error mitigation to quantum error correction as a path toward useful quantum computing. It reports emerging techniques with lower effective error rates, reduced sampling overhead, and lower resource requirements than conventional approaches.

## Source excerpt

A spectrum of error-correcting techniques is enabling useful quantum computation, measured not by logical qubits but by the circuits you can run with them.