Quantum Processor Beryllium ions to lasers: you spin me right round J. Burrus/NIST From Popular Science:
Quantum computing uses spooky physics to run faster and more powerfully than traditional computers.
Physicists have been taking baby steps toward creating a full-fledged quantum computer faster and more powerful than any computer in existence, by making quantum processors capable of performing individual tasks. Now a group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed the world's first universal programmable quantum computer that can run any program that's possible under the rules of quantum mechanics.
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