Scientists achieve 'magic state' quantum computing breakthrough 20 years in the making — quantum computers can never be truly useful without it
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Scientists demonstrate a process called "magic state distillation" in logical qubits for the first time, meaning we can now build quantum computers that are both error-free and more powerful than supercomputers.
  • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    Magic state distillation, meanwhile, is a filtering process by which the highest quality magic states are “purified”

    Yeah, okay

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      2 months ago

      It does read like something Carl Segan might have said after smoking Gandalf’s magic pipe weed.