Quantum Computing Qubits

Discussions revolve around the limitations of current quantum computers due to low qubit counts, the need for thousands of qubits for practical applications, and challenges like error correction and decoherence.

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xvilka May 19, 2021 View on HN

Doesn't make sense until we have at least thousands of qubits.

DaiPlusPlus Oct 18, 2021 View on HN

Needs waaaaaaay more qubits than exist in the world right now.

philipov Dec 18, 2017 View on HN

What interesting things happen at 50 qubits?

relaunched Nov 16, 2021 View on HN

Qubits? Wanna impress me? Tell me about the great strides you've made in fault tolerance.

gizmo686 Jul 1, 2017 View on HN

I am not an expert.The issue that quantum computers have is not so much that individual qubits get errors, but rather that quibits become entangled with the rest of the universe, erasing our ability to take advantage of any quantom effect. To prevent this, you need to very carefully contain the quibits to prevent them from interacting with anything apart from highly controlled manipulations. The more quibits you have, the harder this becomes. If you can replace this with quidits that have mor

rangibaby Sep 29, 2019 View on HN

640 qubits ought to be enough for anybody

HNLurker2 May 24, 2019 View on HN

More than 500 qubits is enough for shore's algorithm to destroy everything

peepeepoopoo111 Feb 15, 2025 View on HN

What can you even do with 20 qubits?

miohtama Dec 20, 2023 View on HN

Related critical review on IBM’s 1000+ qubit computer and on why it does not matterhttps://youtu.be/XlCsi8zagNw?si=HgayJIHJZNFpRyo-

blovescoffee Jan 21, 2022 View on HN

Possibly a major step towards scalable quantum gates? Looks like it but I'm not an expert in QC.