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posted by mrpg on Thursday June 07 2018, @06:20AM   Printer-friendly
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Scientists at Hokkaido University and Kyoto University have developed a theoretical approach to quantum computing that is 10 billion times more tolerant to errors than current theoretical models. Their method brings us closer to developing quantum computers that use the diverse properties of subatomic particles to transmit, process and store extremely large amounts of complex information.

Quantum computing has the potential to solve problems involving vast amounts of information, such as modelling complex chemical processes, far better and faster than modern computers.

[...] In a paper published in the journal Physical Review X, Akihisa Tomita, an applied physicist at Hokkaido University, and his colleagues suggested a novel way to dramatically reduce errors when using this approach. They developed a theoretical model that uses both the properties of quantum bits and the modes of the electromagnetic field in which they exist. The approach involves squeezing light by removing error-prone quantum bits, when quantum bits cluster together.

This model is ten billion times more tolerant to errors than current experimental methods, meaning that it tolerates up to one error every 10,000 calculations.

Source: Hokkaido University and Kyoto University Scientists Develop More Error-Tolerant Approach to Quantum Computing


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @10:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @10:34AM (#689800)

    Yes.

    But not this week.