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Intel Unveils 'Breakthrough' 49 Qubit Quantum Computer (extremetech.com)
Long-time Slashdot reader cold fjord writes: Extremetech reports, "At CES 2018 this week, Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich declared the company's new 49-qubit quantum computer represented a step towards "quantum supremacy." A 49 qubit system is a major advance for Intel, which just demonstrated a 17-qubit system two months ago. Intel's working with the Netherlands-based Qutech on this project, and expanding the number of qubits is key to creating quantum computers that can deliver real-world results... "Qubits are tremendously fragile," Intel wrote in October. "Any noise or unintended observation of them can cause data loss. This fragility requires them to operate at about 20 millikelvin -- 250 times colder than deep space." This is also why we won't be seeing quantum computers in anyone's house at any point."
Krzanich also thanked the industry for "coming together" to address the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. "The collaboration among so many companies to address this industry-wide issue across several different processor architectures has been truly remarkable."
Krzanich also thanked the industry for "coming together" to address the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. "The collaboration among so many companies to address this industry-wide issue across several different processor architectures has been truly remarkable."
"operate at about 20 millikelvin -- 250 times colder than deep space" - I assume he's referring to areas of outer space that are a near-complete vacuum, and are far away from anything. Guess what - no temp there. Only 'things' can have a temperature, non-things can't. It would be like saying deep space was hairy, or had a nice singing voice.
You only need superconducting temperatures for qubits. A few years ago there was actually a design for room-temperature qubit handling hardware, but all the engineers involved in the patent rights mysteriously vanished (**cough** MH370 **cough**.) Interesting, the Rotheschilds were the only other patent holder - so they hold the rights to room temperature quantum computing now.
It's marked troll, but it really wasn't. Look up the patent - 5 engineers + David Rothschild owned it. One of the 5 engineers died a month or so before MH370 went down, the other 4 were on MH370 (along with a bunch of the rest of their company) on a business trip.