{"id":3853,"date":"2012-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/2012\/03\/06\/design-of-a-superconducting-quantum-computer\/"},"modified":"2012-03-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T00:00:00","slug":"design-of-a-superconducting-quantum-computer","status":"publish","type":"physics_colloquium","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/colloquium\/design-of-a-superconducting-quantum-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Design of a Superconducting Quantum Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"page-featured-image\" class=\"wp-block-image is-style-alignleft\" data-pic=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/01\/\" alt=\"Promotional image for talk: Elements of a successful scientific talk\" data-pic=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong> John M. Martinis<\/p>\n<p>The computational power of a quantum computer arises from the superposition of quantum states, which gives a net parallel-processing size that exceeds the number of atoms in the universe for even a modest 300-qubit processor.  To build such a computer, many groups around the world are exploring whether experimental systems can be controlled sufficiently well and with enough quantum coherence. A leading candidate in this search is based on \u201cquantum integrated circuits\u201d using superconducting devices.  I will review current research that shows that the basic hardware requirements for a quantum computer can likely be met in the next few years, at which time a program to actually build a quantum computer can be started.  An architecture based on surface codes allows one to estimate what a quantum computer might look like: even though the physical requirements are challenging\u201410 million qubits in a building-sized facility\u2014it is much more realizable than an equivalently powerful classical computer, a continent-sized data farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3853","physics_colloquium","type-physics_colloquium","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium\/3853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/physics_colloquium"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}