News: University of Bristol creates quantum computing chip in silicon

La universidad de Bristol crea un chip de computación quántum de silicio [EN] vía @element14

The announcement was made at the 2012 British Science Festival and has also been published in the New Journal of Physics. Dr Mark Thompson, the physicists leading the team, has stated, “Using silicon to manipulate light, we have made circuits over 1000 times smaller than current glass-based technologies.” Other than being compatible with modern microelectronics, the silicon also saves the quantum processors the trouble from having to be created using a complicated glass architecture. Additionally, the smaller size will allow the chip to be integrated into systems and devices that were not possible before. Even with their small size, quantum computing will have excessive computational power and will be able to perform better than today's supercomputers.

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