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Quantum computers hit a crucial milestone for error-free calculation

The largest number of logical qubits has been linked through quantum entanglement, which is a key step towards quantum computers that can detect and correct errors

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

19 November 2024

Lasers in a quantum computing set-up at Atom Computing

Atom Computing

Useful quantum computers are one step closer. Microsoft and Atom Computing announced that they have set a new record for the most entangled logical qubits, which are crucial for developing quantum computers that can correct their own errors.

“We are co-designing and building the world’s most powerful quantum machine,” says Krysta Svore at Microsoft.

Over the past decade, quantum computers have rapidly increased in size, there are more and more experts who can program them and…

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