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Weird magnets could make computers that work 1000 times faster

1 December 2017

We are approaching the physical limits of our computer drives. Antiferromagnets could outdo our fastest technology without using huge amounts of energy
University of Maryland's fully connected trapped-ion system

Best-yet quantum simulator with 53 qubits could really be useful

29 November 2017

A 53-qubit quantum simulator is the biggest of its kind, and has already done some calculations that outperform most, if not all, classical computers

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