Breakthrough in Quantum Computing: Qubits Traveling Directly Between Microchips
Mustafa Saidalavi Mohamed
Digital Transformation & Growth Hacking Specialist | Genomics AI/ML Trailblazer | Solution Architect | Child Online Protection Advocate | USPTO Patented Inventor | Certified Web3 Expert | Quantum Computing Enthusiast
University of Sussex researchers have created a new technique, called UQConnect, which enables qubits to travel between two quantum computer microchips at speeds and accuracies that exceed anything that has been seen before with this technology. The team was able to achieve a 99.999993% success rate and a connection rate of 2,424 links per second with their new technique, and there is the potential for hundreds or even thousands of quantum computing microchips to be connected in this way. Quantum computers can now be scaled up beyond the physical confines of a microchip, making it possible to work with millions of qubits in the same machine.
The development has paved the way for solving industry problems, such as developing new materials, research into drug treatments, cybersecurity improvements, and climate change models. The research has been led by Mariam Akhtar, while Sebastian Weidt and Winfried Hensinger of the University of Sussex said that these exciting results show the remarkable potential of Universal Quantum's quantum computers to become powerful enough to unlock the many life-changing applications of quantum computing.