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New Approach to Quantum Computing Devised in the U.K.
Quantum computers will be able to conduct far more complex calculations than possible with today's most advanced supercomputers.
Credit: Berkeley Lab
A team of expert led by physicists from the University of Bristol (UB) Center for Quantum Photonics (CQP) announced the development of a new approach to conducting quantum computing. The team developed a silicon chip that could be used to perform complex calculations and simulations using quantum particles in the near future.
The international collaboration is convinced that the innovation will be used in the near future to create computers that can perform tremendously complex calculations and processes in just a fraction of the time even the most advanced supercomputers need today.
"It is widely believed that a quantum computer will not become a reality for at least another 25 years," explains the director of the CQP, UB professor Jeremy O'Brien. "However, we believe, using our new technique, a quantum computer could, in less than ten years, be performing calculations that are outside the capabilities of conventional computers," he adds.
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