A new five-qubit array from UCSB’s Martinis Group is on the
threshold of making a quantum computer technologically feasible to build
A group of UC Santa Barbara physicists has moved one step
closer to making a quantum computer a reality by demonstrating a new level of
reliability in a five-qubit array. Their findings appear Thursday in the
journal Nature.
Quantum computing is anything but simple. It relies on
aspects of quantum mechanics such as superposition. This notion holds that any
physical object, such as an atom or electron — what quantum computers use to
store information — can exist in all of its theoretical states simultaneously.
This could take parallel computing to new heights.