PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light
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PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light

C1AdvancedJuly 22, 202624 min

The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a useful quantum machine. It aims to be the first. This story was written by James O'Donnell and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com

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Welcome to MIT Technology Review Narrated. My name is Matt Honan. I'm our Editor-in-Chief. Every week, we'll bring you a fascinating, new, in-depth story from the leading edge of science and technology, covering topics like AI, biotech, climate, energy, robotics, and more. Here's this week's story. I hope you enjoy it.

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TheMassiveQuantumCom those cabinets will be hundreds of chips, and on those, thousands of particles of light flying through a maze of optical switches and beam splitters. Each photon must be accounted for, because precisely measuring where it ends up will help answer questions that current computers

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might take millions of years to solve. This computer, as described, does not exist. It is the brainchild of a company called PsyQuantum, founded in 2016 by four physicists from UK universities. In a crowded field of deep-pocketed competitors with similarly fantastical visions, the company aims to be first to fulfill its promise. In the years since the physicist Richard Feynman first envisioned them in 1981,

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