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That's a good point, I wasn't thinking of physical systems details. In that case, better resources would be ACM Communications' A Blueprint for Building a Quant
by dsacco 9y ago
That's a good point, I wasn't thinking of physical systems details. In that case, better resources would be ACM Communications' A Blueprint for Building a Quantum Computer[1] or D-Wave's Introduction to D-Wave Quantum Hardware article[2].
(I don't have a stance on D-Wave's legitimacy, but the article is illustrative either way).
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1. https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2013/10/168172-a-blueprint-for-building-a-quantum-computer/fulltext https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2013/10/168172-a-blueprint-fo...
2. https://www.dwavesys.com/tutorials/background-reading-series/introduction-d-wave-quantum-hardware https://www.dwavesys.com/tutorials/background-reading-series...
- comicjk 9y agoI don't think the D-Wave article is very good. To pick one choice line, "The term 'Interference' refers to the electrons - which behave as waves inside a quantum waves, interference patterns which give rise to the quantum effects." If someone didn't know what interference was, that sentence certainly wouldn't help them! D-Wave's article also doesn't give a sense of how unsettled this field is, and how many plausible options there are for every element of a quantum computer. I detect the influence of marketing. The ACM article is much better.