Qubit
QuantumQubit: The quantum version of a computer bit. Where a bit is 0 or 1, a qubit can be a blend of both at once, the property that gives quantum computers their (still mostly theoretical) power.
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- D-Wave lets BBVA test its next quantum computer in simulation
- BCG: quantum could eventually cut nearly 10% of global emissions
- Infleqtion entangles 30 logical qubits made from just 80 atoms
- IonQ runs quantum error decoding on one Apple laptop chip
- Germany's race for a 1,000-qubit quantum computer: QUDORA's team advances
- India funds a quantum computer fridge colder than outer space
- DOE opens a $215m quantum competition with $2.5m appropriated
- QC Ware and IonQ report chemical accuracy on eight qubits, with no paper and no named benchmark
- IBM has bought a second qubit technology and its published roadmap still does not mention it
- IBM connected its first two cryogenic modules, the step that has to work before 2029