Create the first quantum byte

Austrian scientists at the IQOQI Optical and Quantum Institute have just created the first quantum byte containing 8 bits of calcium ion particles.

The creation of quantum computers is still in its infancy, but it is thought that it will take many more years for humans to create this type of computer.

Quantum computers will be the next phase of development of the current computing platform, with faster processing capabilities and solving many of the problems that current technology cannot meet.

The IQOQI research results were published in Nature. Previously, the NIT Institute of Technology in Colorado, USA, has only created 6 quantum bits, and the study is also published in the journal Nature.

Preliminary definition of quantum computers:

Quantum computers are any computing device capable of directly using mechanical phenomena to interact with data. While traditional computers take data units as "bits", quantum computers take units of measurement as "qubits" (quantum bits).

The basic principle of quantum computing is the use of quantum properties of molecules to represent and structure data; and such quantum devices are capable of performing interactions with data.

Quantum computers are different from traditional computers like DNA computers, Transitor computers, although in the end in some form, they all can use quantum mechanical effects.

Some other computer architectures such as optical computers can use electromagnetic waves and classical superposition, but have no quantum mechanical resources.