Discussion

Scientists may have found the holy grail of quantum computing

pizzathyme: "Scientists may have...that ability could...early experiments suggest...if verified, it could..."I have become jaded with publications that hedge like this. In my experience most of these discoveries never pan out, they just disappear. And not being in the field myself, I don't know how to judge.Does anyone in quantum computing have a read on how big a deal this is (or isn't)?

nomel: The majority of press releases, from universities, are complete fan fiction. It's so damn disheartening.

rluna828: The limiting factor for quantum computers is keeping them cold. Is this triple superconductor high temperature too? If not, it's not going to change things much.

readthenotes1: 7k, kelvin that is, according to the fine article. Very very cold, but better than nothing.

gus_massa: Note that liquid Helium boils at 4K, so anything hotter (like 7K) is "easy", where "easy" means "as easy as keeping a NMR working in a Hospital".(There are probably a lot of other nasty details, but less than 4K is harder.)