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An IBM Quantum Computer Beat a Supercomputer in a Benchmark Test (20.06.2023 article) (singularityhub.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

BARD listing the salient points of the article as bullet points

Sure, here are the salient points made in the text:

  • Quantum computers are still error-prone, but they can still be useful for solving problems that are too complex for classical computers
  • A new post-processing technique called Zero Noise Extrapolation (ZNE) can be used to mitigate errors in quantum computers.
  • ZNE was used to show that a 127-qubit quantum computer from IBM could solve a problem that was too complex for classical computers.
  • The quantum computer was able to scale up to its full 127 qubits, while the classical computers could not.
  • The quantum speed-up was about two to three times faster than classical computers.
  • The strategy of minimizing errors instead of correcting them altogether is a pragmatic approach that can be used to begin utilizing quantum computers.
  • These techniques could pave the way for truly fault-tolerant quantum computing.

Here are some additional thoughts:

  • The results of this study are promising, but it is still too early to say whether quantum computers will be able to solve real-world problems more efficiently than classical computers.
  • More research is needed to develop and improve error mitigation techniques.
  • The development of quantum computers is still in its early stages, but it is an exciting area of research with the potential to revolutionize many different fields.