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What are Quantum Computers?

A quantum computer is a computer that makes direct use of distinctively quantum mechanical phenomena to perform operations on data.

In a classical (or conventional) computer, the amount of data is measured by bits; in a quantum computer, the data is measured by qubits.

Bloch sphere is a representation of a qubit

The Bloch sphere is a representation of a qubit, the fundamental building block of quantum computers.

Source: Wikipedia

The basic principle of quantum computation is that the quantum properties of particles can be used to represent and structure data, and that quantum mechanisms can be devised and built to perform operations with these data.

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Quantum Computer Articles, Blogs and Web Sites

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Quantum Computer Articles
Title Source Date
Calculations with 14 Quantum Bits University of Innsbruck 04/11
Quantum hot potato NIST 02/11
In Pursuit of Qubits, Uniting Subatomic Particles by the Billions NY Times 01/11
First silicon entanglement will aid quantum computing New Scientist 01/11
Quantum Computing Reaches for True Power NY Times 11/10
An always-on graphene-based spin computer KurzweilAI.net 10/10
Optical chip enables new approach to quantum computing University of Bristol 09/10
Physicists Build a Memory that Stores Entanglement arXiv 09/10
Quantum networks advance with entanglement of photons, solid-state qubits KurzweilAI.net 08/10
Quantum Memory Leap Technology Review 01/09
World's smallest storage device lies in the nucleus of an atom Network World 10/08
Instant Expert: Quantum World New Scientist 09/06
A quantum leap in computing MSNBC 05/00

 

Quantum Computer Web Sites and Blogs
Title Description
Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology Australia
Introduction to Quantum Theory Quantiki
Quantum Computer News Science Daily
Quantum Computers How Stuff Works
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