Australian researchers claim to have passed a significant milestone toward quantum computers as they said they were able to create the first qubit based on a single atom in silicon.
The scientists consider their achievement a major breakthrough as they were able to use a common material and they stressed that only 300 qubits would be required to store "a number greater than the number of particles in the universe."
According to a paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers are able to use their discovery to read and write information from and to the qubit. There was no information about the storage duration, which remains a key problem in this field. However, they believe that "quantum computation" would now be possible within "1 to 2 years" and "transporting quantum information across chips" within 3 to 4 years, Australian IT writes. Everything combined, their vision is that the first quantum computers could be built in about 5 to 10 years.
In the next step, the researchers aim to create pairs of quantum bits and build a two-qubit logic gate as the basic foundation of a quantum computer. "This has never been done before in silicon, a material that offers the advantage of being well understood scientifically and more easily adopted by industry," said Andrea Morello, who is part of the research effort. "Our technology is fundamentally the same as is already being used in countless everyday electronic devices, and that's a trillion-dollar industry."
patently absurd. what you are saying is essentially that science funding should be eradicated... set to zero. there is no way to predict what channels of research will change the world for the better... absolutely no way. apparently you disapprove of research in general. anti-science morons such as yourself are pathetically clueless.
over half (approaching 60%) of the united states annual budget is channeled directly into the military and the military-industrial complex. do you even have the slightest clue how much money 60% of the annual US budget is? Do you?
and here you are pointing at the tiniest sliver of fraction of a forgotten rivulet of an ant's piss drop fraction of the budget and saying... STOP SCIENCE - FEED THE HUNGRY.
how about you educate yourself before talking next time
"First Quantum Computers are 5 to 10 Years Out"
Yes, but does it play Crysis?
So, 300 atoms would do this?
And if this statement is correct, how about the computational power of a few trillion?
Seriously?
If they were using synthetic diamonds since 1996 (when they were patented for semiconductors creation along with methods of production), we'd ALREADY have quantum computers...
Actually, no, we probably wouldn't, because that would be a huge leap in computing which isn't what Capitalism likes - the system we live in prefers using inefficient materials and means of production because its profitable (its why we still use Silicon and why we get to use outdated technology based on the said material).
Pathetic.
I wonder how comments like this get thumbdowns.
Apparently you both missed the FIRST word in this article. Let me help you out...Australian...not American.
australian or american it does not matter, every country has the same problems....show me one perfect country....you can't
that your parents didn't use protection... yeah i know!
This article is very vague.. just like the scientists researching these technologies. I don't understand why they think us to be stupid and use scientific words to confuse us out of the details.
When i bought my first ZX-81 my friends just asked WHAT for ... it cost me a weekly paycheck after all.
To anyone living in 1975 an i5 PC with 16GB ram and 2TB hard drive was the equivalent of a 'quantum computer'. And of course totally unimaginable or affordable.
I just bought above config for under $600...
patently absurd. what you are saying is essentially that science funding should be eradicated... set to zero. there is no way to predict what channels of research will change the world for the better... absolutely no way. apparently you disapprove of research in general. anti-science morons such as yourself are pathetically clueless.
over half (approaching 60%) of the united states annual budget is channeled directly into the military and the military-industrial complex. do you even have the slightest clue how much money 60% of the annual US budget is? Do you?
and here you are pointing at the tiniest sliver of fraction of a forgotten rivulet of an ant's piss drop fraction of the budget and saying... STOP SCIENCE - FEED THE HUNGRY.
how about you educate yourself before talking next time
Australian researchers
Yeah.
No.
First, stop being the world's №8 country that runs on coal, and only then we'll talk. Until then, dismissed.
"First Quantum Computers are 5 to 10 Years Out"
That is selfish.
Why should REAL progress stop because you bought a house you couldn't afford, or lost your job and can't get a new one or are smart enough to get a different form of income besides welfare?
Self-centered, and definitely selfish. It's people like you are the reason why our economies are in the tank.
The war on poverty will never, ever.... ever be won. There will ALWAYS be the haves and the have nots.
The communists proved that and look where it got them... The north koreans are doing it too and look at them...
Apparently you have a computer. You should have donated that money to help the homeless, hypocrite.