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An Australian facility recently became the first in the world to combine a “quantum accelerator” with a supercomputer based on traditional architecture.
big step
Unlike classical computers, which process data as binary bits (0 or 1), those in quantum machines (known as qubits) can exist in a simultaneous superposition of these two states. This results in an exponential increase in their processing power.
Big problem: most current quantum devices use qubits superconductors, which operates only at temperatures slightly above absolute zero. The necessary cooling systems turned out to be especially bulky, expensive and energy-consuming, which limits the possibilities of using such machines.
quantum brilliance He developed a quantum processor capable of operating at room temperature, whose qubits consist not of superconductors but of lattices of diamond, proving to be less sensitive to thermal vibrations and more resistant to mechanical shock.
