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A quantum computer is a device for computation that makes direct use of quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. The basic principle behin...
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Timeline of quantum computing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• 1970 - Stephen Wiesner invents conjugate coding. • 1973 - Alexander Holevo publishes a paper showing that n qubits cannot carry more than n classical bits of information (a result known as "Hole...
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qubit.org: the quantum information processing site ... Below is the list of the next dozen upcoming international Quantum Information meetings and conferences as posted to Quantiki.org. Please see the calendar box at the bottom of the page to post or view upcoming Oxford Quantum Information events.
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What is quantum computing? It's something that could have been thought up a long time ago - an idea whose time has come. For any physical theory one can ask: what sort of machines will do useful computation? or, what sort of processes will count as useful computational acts?
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A Brief History of Quantum Computing ... 1. Introduction 1.1 Quantum computer basics 1.2 The pitfall of quantum computing - decoherence 1.3 Getting a result 2. Theory of universal computation 2.1 Heating up over lost information 2.2 The universal quantum computer 2.3 Artificial intelligence 3. Building a quantum computer 3...
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The massive amount of processing power generated by computer manufacturers has not yet been able to quench our thirst for speed and computing capacity. In 1947, American computer engineer Howard Aiken said that just six electronic digital...
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The philosophical interest in quantum computing is threefold: First, from a social-historical perspective, quantum computing is a domain where experimentalists find themselves ahead of their fellow theorists.
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Quantum computing is the area of study focused on developing computer technology based on the principles of quantum theory, which explains the nature and behavior of energy and matter on the quantum (atomic and subatomic) level. ... A Comparison of Classical and Quantum Computing...
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IQC featured in Nature ... Quantum Tamers captures prize in Paris ... Quantum information documentary awarded the Prix Audace at the Pariscience Film Festival.
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