Sentences with phrase «of quantum supremacy»

Google previously said they were on track to build a working 49 - qubit processor by the end of 2017, but that will no longer win them the achievement of quantum supremacy.

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Their goal, audaciously named quantum supremacy, is to build the first quantum computer capable of performing a task no classical computer can.

The first successful quantum supremacy experiment won't give us computers capable of solving any problem imaginable — based on current theory, those will need to be much larger machines.

This goal of «quantum supremacy» is generally thought to require about 50 quantum bits, or qubits, and Google hopes to achieve it this year.

Achieving quantum supremacy requires a computer of more than 50 qubits, but scientists are still struggling to control so many finicky quantum entities at once.

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For quantum supremacy, Google will need to build a 49 - qubit system with a two - qubit fidelity of at least 99.7 per cent.

At about 50 qubits, many say a quantum computer could achieve «quantum supremacy» and do something beyond the ken of a classical computer, such as simulating molecular structures in chemistry and materials science, or solving problems in cryptography.

Therefore developing methods to overcome errors is of paramount importance in the quest to demonstrate «quantum supremacy.»

But what is quantum supremacy in a field where horizons are being widened on a regular basis, in which teams of the brightest quantum computing minds in the world routinely up the ante on the number and type of quantum bits («qubits») they can build, each with their own range of qualities?

That point may mark «the achievement of «quantum supremacy,»» Lidar said — when quantum computers outclass regular computers.