Category: Quantum Technology - Page 6
Imec and Diraq Build an Eight-Qubit Silicon Array on a Standard Chip Line
Nanoelectronics R&D hub Imec and quantum computing company Diraq have run an eight-qubit silicon spin array made on a standard...
In These Flat Crystals, Light and Magnetism Finally Talk to Each Other
Say two coworkers share an office for years and never once speak. Light does its job, magnetism does its job,...
Nord Quantique Reports Sharp Drop in Quantum Prep and Readout Errors
Nord Quantique says it has cut one of the more stubborn error sources in its quantum computers to below 0.1%....
Turns Out Quantum Mechanics Might Not Need Its Imaginary Numbers
Somewhere in high school, a teacher told you imaginary numbers were real, actually, and that physics couldn’t function without them....
Google’s Quantum Computer Learns From Its Mistakes Without Clocking Out
Say there was a race car that retunes its own engine mid-lap, using the exact skid marks it just left...
Your Fault-Tolerance Numbers Might Be Off by 10x, and the Simulator Won’t Say So
Here’s an uncomfortable possibility for anyone building a fault-tolerant quantum computer. The simulation telling you you’re below threshold might be...
A Quantum Computer’s Only Job Here Was to Roll Weirder Dice
Say you hand two chefs the same recipe and the same kitchen, but you give each of them a different...
Your Next Quantum Computer Might Remember Things by Humming
What if there was a computer that stores your data by making a tiny object physically shake. You give it...
CSIRO Builds Quantum Light Sources to Beat GPS Jamming and Spoofing
GPS signals arrive at Earth so faint that a modest transmitter can drown them out or replace them with a...
Physicist Borrows a Quantum Computer to Watch Matter Build Itself
Almost everything you can touch is made of protons and neutrons. The process that assembles them has never been watched...