Using current technology, operations requiring just a single qubit (a unit of information that is in a superposition of simultaneous “0” and “1”) can be carried out with high precision. A device that can be reprogrammed to perform any given function and bring quantum information programming closer is being developed at the University of Bristol. The new generation silicon chip can control two qubits of information simultaneously. Quantum computers are a type of computer which use particles called “bits” as their basic building blocks. A team at Bristol University’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs has created a quantum processor chip with more than 200 photonic components using metal-oxide-semiconductors which has completed 98 two-qubit operations at 93% efficiency.
A device that can be reprogrammed to perform any given function and bring quantum information programming closer is being developed at the University of Bristol. The new generation silicon chip can control two qubits of information simultaneously. Quantum computers are a type of computer which use particles called “bits” as their basic building blocks. A team at Bristol University’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs has created a quantum processor chip with more than 200 photonic components using metal-oxide-semiconductors which has completed 98 two-qubit operations at 93% efficiency.