Cisco as we speak unveiled a prototype swap it says will considerably speed up the timeline for sensible, distributed, quantum-computing-based networks.
Cisco’s Common Quantum Swap is designed to attach quantum techniques from completely different distributors, resembling IBM, IonQ, Google and Rigetti, in all main qubit encoding applied sciences, at room temperature, and over customary telecom fiber, in response to Vijoy Pandey, senior vp and basic supervisor of Outshift, Cisco’s rising applied sciences and incubation group.
“At the moment we now have quantum computer systems working at roughly 100 to 1,000 qubits in measurement, and from the general public roadmaps of main quantum gamers, we consider this quantity [is] going as much as 10,000 within the subsequent three years,” Pandey mentioned. “Precise quantum computer systems will get larger over time, in fact, however it creates an enormous scalability drawback when you begin connecting them. What the swap will do is successfully hyperlink smaller quantum computer systems and create a big, distributed quantum pc, permitting sooner scaling than constructing one large quantum pc alone.”
