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If I recall correctly, Microsoft has gone all-in on topological quantum computing as an alternative to the superconducting loops preferred by Google and IBM. I'
by 3PS 6y ago
If I recall correctly, Microsoft has gone all-in on topological quantum computing as an alternative to the superconducting loops preferred by Google and IBM. I'm really hoping their work pans out, since it would mean a lot for our future abilities to create large error-corrected quantum circuits.
- Whirl 6y agoThis is accurate. As far as I can tell, this work is akin to discovering the Josephson effect for superconducting qubits. Still a lot of work to be done to figure out how to braid anyons or build better anyons, etc. TBH I didn’t even expect anyone to find them at all for another few decades, so this result is pretty cool.