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Future quantum computers could use bizarre 'error-free' qubit design built on forgotten research from the 1990s
By Nicholas Fearn published
Qubits can be made by floating a suspended electron over a pool of liquid helium rather than being embedded them a solid-state crystal — which leads to impurities and errors.
Weird magnetic 'skyrmion' quasiparticle could be used as a bit in advanced computing memory
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists want to replace electrons with so-called 'nanobubbles' — or skyrmions — to store data more densely and efficiently in advanced memory components that would replace RAM and flash storage.
Intel unveils largest-ever AI 'neuromorphic computer' that mimics the human brain
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Intel's Hala Point neuromorphic computer is powered by more than 1,000 new AI chips and performs 50 times faster than equivalent conventional computing systems.
Why quantum computing at 1 degree above absolute zero is such a big deal
By Andre Luiz Saraiva De Oliveira, Andrew Dzurak published
Operating at even marginally warmer temperatures means quantum computers could be much easier to operate — and much more widely available.
New York college becomes 1st university with on-campus IBM quantum computer that is 'scientifically useful'
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
IBM's latest System One quantum computer is based at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and is the 1st IBM quantum machine to be installed at a university campus in the U.S.
Error-corrected qubits 800 times more reliable after breakthrough, paving the way for 'next level' of quantum computing
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists used a technique called 'active syndrome extraction' to build four logical qubits from 30 physical ones and run 14,000 experiments without detecting a single error.
The 7 most powerful supercomputers in the world right now
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now.
What is quantum computing?
By Peter Ray Allison last updated
Reference Quantum computing opens the door to ultra-powerful machines that can perform calculations that would take supercomputers millions of years.
Computing 'paradigm shift' could see phones and laptops run twice as fast — without replacing a single component
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
By letting different processing units — like GPUs, NPUs and hardware accelerators — work in parallel, rather than in sequence, systems can be up to twice as fast and consume 50% less energy.
World's largest computer chip WSE-3 will power massive AI supercomputer 8 times faster than the current record-holder
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Cerebras' Wafer Scale Engine 3 (WSE-3) chip contains four trillion transistors and will power the 8-exaFLOP Condor Galaxy 3 supercomputer one day.
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