New Super-Conducting Qubits

 

Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in new kind of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBM 

  

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By Tristan Greene published 5 hours ago

 

The novel design for the new qubit uses the chemical element tantalum in tandem with a special silicon substrate, creating what researchers say are the most coherent superconducting qubits to date. 

The new fabrication method relies on the use of a transition metal called tantalum.

 

Breakthrough 3D wiring architecture enables 10,000-qubit quantum processors

 

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