INTERESTING ENGINEERING - For years, the biggest hurdle in quantum computing has been scale. While quantum processors can already tackle complex simulations in chemistry, material science, and data security, most remain too small and fragile to be practical for large-scale applications.
A new study led by the University of California, Riverside, suggests that may be changing.
Researchers demonstrated through simulations that multiple small quantum chips can be linked together into one functioning system even if the connections between them aren’t flawless.
The finding points to a path for building larger, fault-tolerant quantum computers sooner than expected.
“Our work isn’t about inventing a new chip,” said Mohamed A. Shalby, the paper’s first author and a doctoral candidate in UCR’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.