Russian scientists develop prototype quantum processor
According to TASS, they have developed a prototype quantum processor operating at a room temperature
Feb 13, 2015
Scientists at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have moved a considerable step closer to creating a quantum computer.
"Quantum computers will enable the development of the ‘Internet of things’ global cyber-physical infrastructure that would in a foreseeable future bring into a unified information system all the objects in both physical and virtual realities which surround us," said Vladimir Zoborovsky from the university’s chair of telematics.
To achieve the ambitious goal, the capacity of the computers available today is not enough, he added.
Twenty years of research are said to have resulted in the development of one-electron silicon devices capable of generating cubits (quantum carriers of arithmetic and logical operations) at a room temperature.
"Scientific groups in other countries have also been involved in similar research; however, the devices they use can only convert electrical energy into stable code structures at extremely low temperatures, about minus 269 degrees Celsius, which makes it impossible to use the devices in applications, including mobile ones," explained Nikolai Bagraev, one of the researchers.
"Quantum computers will enable the development of the ‘Internet of things’ global cyber-physical infrastructure that would in a foreseeable future bring into a unified information system all the objects in both physical and virtual realities which surround us," said Vladimir Zoborovsky from the university’s chair of telematics.
To achieve the ambitious goal, the capacity of the computers available today is not enough, he added.
Twenty years of research are said to have resulted in the development of one-electron silicon devices capable of generating cubits (quantum carriers of arithmetic and logical operations) at a room temperature.
"Scientific groups in other countries have also been involved in similar research; however, the devices they use can only convert electrical energy into stable code structures at extremely low temperatures, about minus 269 degrees Celsius, which makes it impossible to use the devices in applications, including mobile ones," explained Nikolai Bagraev, one of the researchers.