As they warm up, quantum computers can slow down or stop working altogether. A new kind made with specially engineered diamonds cools as it calculates Technology 1 July 2022 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan The optical table on which a quantum computer, made from specially engineered diamonds, can very cool itself Durga Dasari/Institute of Physics at University … Read more
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has bought a quantum computer that doesn’t require bulky cooling equipment, meaning it could one day be installed on military hardware such as tanks Technology 10 June 2022 By Matthew Sparkes A Challenger 2 tank during a training exercise in Salisbury, UK Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images The Ministry of Defence (MoD) … Read more
A set of 16 qubits has been arranged so that they may be able to run any calculation error-free – a crucial step toward building quantum computers that can outpace traditional ones Technology 25 May 2022 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan A view inside the device that trapped ions Matthias Brandl/University of Innsbruck via Institute for Experimental … Read more
Bitcoin is theoretically vulnerable to being cracked by quantum computers, but calculations show they would need to be a million times larger than those that exist today Technology 25 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Bitcoin could one day be threatened by quantum computers – but not yet blackdovfx/Getty Images Quantum computers would need to become … Read more
By Matthew Sparkes Google’s Sycamore quantum processor is one of the most advanced Peter Kneffel/dpa/Alamy A POWERFUL quantum computer could crack encryption and solve problems that classical machines find impossible. Although no one has yet succeeded in building such a device, recently we have seen a gathering pace of progress – so could 2022 be … Read more
IBM has created the world’s largest superconducting quantum computer, surpassing the size of state of the art machines from Google and Chinese researchers. Previous devices have demonstrated up to 60 superconducting qubits working together to solve problems, but IBM’s new Eagle processor more than doubles that by stringing together 127. Tags: Source link