Google advanced computer has achieved "quantum supremacy
Feb 10, 2020 15:47:37 GMT -5
Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2020 15:47:37 GMT -5
The technology giant's Sycamore quantum processor was able to perform a specific task in 200 seconds that would take the world's best supercomputer 10,000 years to complete.
Scientists have been working on quantum computers for decades because they promise much faster speeds.
In classical computers, the unit of information is called a "bit" and can have a value of either 1 or 0. But its equivalent in a quantum system - the qubit (quantum bit) - can be both 1 and 0 at the same time.
This phenomenon opens the door for multiple calculations to be performed simultaneously. But the qubits need to be synchronised using a quantum effect known as entanglement, which Albert Einstein termed "spooky action at a distance".
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