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Quantum speed limit may put brakes on quantum computers

  • Written by Sebastian Deffner, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
How fast can quantum computing get? Research shows there's a limit.Vladvm/Shutterstock.com

Over the past five decades, standard computer processors have gotten increasingly faster. In recent years, however, the limits to that technology have become clear: Chip components can only get so small, and be packed only so closely together, before they...

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