New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

This story from phys.org is interesting:

In a major step toward making a quantum computer using everyday materials, a team led by researchers at Princeton University has constructed a key piece of silicon hardware capable of controlling quantum behavior between two electrons with extremely high precision. The study was published Dec. 7 in the journal Science. The team constructed a gate that controls interactions between the electrons in a way that allows them to act as the quantum bits of information, or qubits, necessary for quantum computing. The demonstration of this nearly error-free, two-qubit gate is an important early step in building a more complex quantum computing device from silicon, the same material used in conventional computers and smartphones. “We knew we needed to get this experiment to work if silicon-based technology was going to have a future in terms of scaling up and building a quantum computer,” said Jason Petta, a professor of physics at Princeton University. New silicon structure opens the gate to quantum computers

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  1. Not bad, still believe that the software needed will show the way to building how the quantum system needs to work, great having a variable switch but it’s important on how it’s READ back by the program that is most important? my feeling

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