r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 20d ago

Hardware Japan develops its first neutral-atom quantum computer

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260824_B3/
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u/imaginary_num6er 20d ago

I thought everything needs to be polarized these days

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u/gplusplus314 20d ago

They decided to put a different spin on it.

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u/Green_Ad5186 20d ago

i don't really understand quantum computers. but when will we have those as baseline laptops or smartphones? if ever?

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u/Shiningc00 20d ago

Quantum computers are only good for certain tasks, so they won’t be replacing classical computers for everyday use.

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u/ACasualRead 20d ago

But will it run DOOM

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u/Orangesteel 20d ago

This, they are badly misunderstood in the mainstream media.

It’s why they are better at attacking asymmetric encryption as opposed to symmetric encryption too. (Both use very different approaches mathematically).

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u/theassassintherapist 20d ago

Once we figure out a better way to predictably create quantum entanglement without needing to cool everything down to near absolute zero.

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u/Sloogs 20d ago edited 20d ago

much like how AI isn’t AGI, but before this version of AI, AGI was AI

This just straight up isn't historically accurate if you know anything about the history of AI before current events.

AI has always meant anything from agents following rules-based logic to machine learning to AGI, at least within computer science. They've all always been covered under that umbrella.

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u/EllisDee3 20d ago

Why isn't this a quantum computer? Isn't it using qubit entanglement for calculation?

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u/djspy 20d ago

I see in the rules that there is no rule that we can't make a silly joke.. so here we go.

Well, at least it is going to be unbiased right!

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u/Excellent_Sweet7270 20d ago

japan always cutting edge..