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Quantum compasses closer to replacing GPS after scientists squeeze key refrigerator-sized laser system onto a microchip
By Skyler Ware published
Quantum compasses need six atom interferometers, each the size of a small room, to work. But scientists have made crucial steps to miniaturizing these devices.
'Crazy idea' memory device could slash AI energy consumption by up to 2,500 times
By Owen Hughes published
By performing computations directly inside memory cells, CRAM will dramatically reduce power demands for AI workloads. Scientists claim it's a solution to AI's huge energy consumption.
World's 'best-performing' quantum computing chip could be used in machines by 2027, scientists claim
By Owen Hughes published
New ion-trap chip eschews lasers for an integrated circuit that can be mass produced in existing semiconductor factories.
'Defects' in silicon chips could house qubits, hastening the arrival of a future quantum internet
By Lisa D. Sparks published
Using manufacturing defects in silicon chips to house signal-amplifying qubits could help to usher in the much-anticipated quantum internet.
New quantum computer smashes 'quantum supremacy' record by a factor of 100 — and it consumes 30,000 times less power
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
The 56-qubit H2-1 computer has broken the previous record in the 'quantum supremacy' benchmark first set by Google in 2019.
Who invented video games?
By Noah Wardrip-Fruin published
The history of video games goes back decades — dating back to the dawn of computing itself.
Computer inspired by Japanese art of paper-cutting has no electronics and stores data in tiny cubes
By Owen Hughes published
The new mechanical computer uses 64 physical cubes to represent binary bits and is inspired by kirigami — the Japanese art of paper-folding and cutting.
Quantum internet breakthrough after 'quantum data' transmitted through standard fiber optic cable for 1st time
By Drew Turney published
The study used a specialized photon source to transmit, store and retrieve quantum data, a major component of quantum data transmission.
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