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152 Startup Puts a Logical Qubit In a Single Piece of Hardware

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 06/07/2025 06:00 EDT

Startup Puts a Logical Qubit In a Single Piece of Hardware

Startup Nord Quantique has demonstrated that a single piece of hardware can host an error-detecting logical qubit by using two quantum frequencies within one resonator. The breakthrough has the potential to slash the hardware demands for quantum error correction and deliver more compact and efficient quantum computing architectures. Ars Technica reports: The company did two experiments with this new hardware. First, it ran multiple rounds of error detection on data stored in the logical qubit, essentially t

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