Japan, April 7 -- Toshiba Corporation has developed a breakthrough algorithm that dramatically boosts the performance of the Simulated Bifurcation Machine (SBM), its proprietary quantum?inspired combinatorial optimization computer. The new algorithm significantly improves the probability of obtaining an optimal solution or a known best solution within a limited number of trials-referred to as the success probability, a key benchmark for evaluating combinatorial optimization technologies.The SBM is designed to solve large?scale combinatorial optimization problems in a wide range of fields, including new drug discovery, delivery route optimization, and investment portfolio design. While previous algorithms could find optimal or known best sol...