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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.
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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| 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 |
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| 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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