It is no secret Intel is all-in for producing quantum computers. They have the infrastructure to mass produce computer chips. Now, if they could get a quantum chip to fit into this production line what else could there be?
Physicists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, have successfully transferred two qubits via coaxial cable. Using a microwave photon resonator to transmit the qubit state, the quantum state was successfully transmitted to a second qubit through the cable; a distance of about 2 meters. With a transmission success rate of 80 percent, the process was repeatable upwards of 50,000 times per second. The team’s next goal is to enable entanglement swapping – using qubits to transmit and receive. If successful, the technique could open up avenues for larger quantum computers.
As quantum computing gains visibility, the need for software development and creation of algorithms has become clear. IBM has made its IBM Q network available with over 85,000 users taking advantage of its qubits. To aid this use, IBM is trying to fill the gap of software development for quantum computing.
