Quantum Computers
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'World's purest silicon' could lead to 1st million-qubit quantum computing chips
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists engineer the 'purest ever silicon' to build reliable qubits that can be manufactured to the size of a pinhead on a chip and power million-qubit quantum computers in the future.
Future quantum computers could use bizarre 'error-free' qubit design built on forgotten research from the 1990s
By Nicholas Fearn published
Qubits can be made by floating a suspended electron over a pool of liquid helium rather than being embedded them a solid-state crystal — which leads to impurities and errors.
What is quantum computing?
By Peter Ray Allison last updated
Reference Quantum computing opens the door to ultra-powerful machines that can perform calculations that would take supercomputers millions of years.
'Quantum memory breakthrough' may lead to a quantum internet
By Peter Ray Allison published
A new technique in quantum storage that operates at room temperature could pave the way for a quantum internet.
Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an 'extra' dimension of time
By Ben Turner last updated
The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer.
World's 1st multinode quantum network is a breakthrough for the quantum internet
By Ben Turner published
Researchers say the new network will be unhackable and able to coordinate systems to unprecedented levels. Many of the deeper implications, however, cannot be foreseen.
A student's physics project could make quantum computers twice as reliable
By Stephanie Pappas published
A remarkably simple change in the codes used to correct errors in quantum computers could half the number of destabilizing mistakes in these systems.
China claims fastest quantum computer in the world
By Rafi Letzter published
"Jiuzhang" would be the most powerful quantum computer in the world, capable of performing some tasks 100 trillion times faster than the world's fastest supercomputers.
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