Getting to a scientific revolution with 50-100+ superconducting qubit quantum computing
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangA programmable quantum system consisting of merely 50 to 100 qubits could revolutionize scientific research.
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A programmable quantum system consisting of merely 50 to 100 qubits could revolutionize scientific research.
We could soon have the quantum computing hardware that would has the potential to provide a large speedup in computer performance.
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