Twenty years ago, theoretical physicists and computer scientists were developing quantum algorithms for virtual quantum computers, with no working hardware in sight. Today, just about anyone can log ...

Quantum computers that were previously limited to theoretical physics now learn to discover patterns, optimize decisions and ...

Quantum computers are designed to outperform standard computers by running quantum algorithms. Areas in which quantum algorithms can be applied include cryptography, search and optimisation ...

Scientists have taken a major step toward building large-scale quantum computers by successfully linking two separate quantum processors into a single, fully connected system. This breakthrough in ...

In a milestone that brings quantum computing tangibly closer to large-scale practical use, scientists at Oxford University Physics have demonstrated the first instance of distributed quantum ...

For problems suited to specific algorithms where quantum calculations offer advantages, that system would tap its quantum accelerator chip.

At first glance, quantum computers seem like machines that only will exist in the far-off future. And in a way, they are. Currently, the processing power that these devices have are limited by the ...

The OCU group said, "This is the first example of practical quantum algorithms, which make quantum chemical calculations realizable on quantum computers equipped with a sizable number of qubits.

One of the ways that computers 'think' is by analyzing relationships within large sets of data. An international team has shown that quantum computers can do one such analysis faster than ...