Scientists create first electronic quantum processor

[anon]

A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer.

They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, such as a simple search, demonstrating quantum information processing with a solid-state device for the first time. Their findings will appear in Nature's advanced online publication June 28.

"Our processor can perform only a few very simple quantum tasks, which have been demonstrated before with single nuclei, atoms and photons," said Robert Schoelkopf, the William A. Norton Professor of Applied Physics & Physics at Yale. "But this is the first time they've been possible in an all-electronic device that looks and feels much more like a regular microprocessor."

Scientists create first electronic quantum processor

[slikrapid]

It's like being able to place one phone call that simultaneously tests all four numbers, but only goes through to the right one."

this looks like guessing to me - and how are they going to know which was the right one ? (probably just a bad example)

Next, the team will work to increase the amount of time the qubits maintain their quantum states so they can run more complex algorithms.

looks like the 0/1 states are limited by time and if the time limit is exceeded then what? - the calculation is wrong, has to be restarted, everything is set to default, or, or ....

what i don't like about these articles is the scarcity of information that they feed to us - just a few bits here and there and its up to you to 'imagine' the rest, oh well...