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I realize that, but I think after a 10-qubit chip is made, it will be easier to scale up. This tech is aiming to be "mainstream". Google, IBM and others' quant
by mtgx 9y ago
I realize that, but I think after a 10-qubit chip is made, it will be easier to scale up.
This tech is aiming to be "mainstream". Google, IBM and others' quantum computers will likely prove useful earlier, but we won't see them be paired with our personal computers. This on the other hand, offers that opportunity, but it will lag behind other types of quantum computers in terms of performance.
- marcosdumay 9y agoI don't think we will get devices cooled by liquid helium at our homes in any short time. But this makes it possible to distribute them at more datacenters that can be much easier to reach than what Google and IBM are creating.
- jabl 9y agoThis is not my field, but IIRC dilution refrigerators capable of sub-K temperatures are nowadays available off the shelf from a number of commercial suppliers. Which is a pretty cool (har har!) advance considering not many decades ago labs had to create their own, at great expense. So in principle, there might not be any really fundamental issues preventing such things in every home, with mass production economies making them cheaper and more reliable. The real question IMHO is whether this will be useful in some way compared to just connecting over the internet to some data center running them.
- marcosdumay 9y agoSafety is a fundamental issue. Home appliances don't get the best maintenance available, and supercool and high-pressure containers aren't easy to keep around.