What do children’s building blocks and quantum computing have in common? The answer is modularity.
Constructing a quantum computer as a single, unified device proves extremely difficult. These machines depend on manipulating millions of qubits, the basic units of quantum information, yet assembling such vast numbers into one system is a major challenge.
The solution? Finding modular ways to construct quantum computers. Just as toy bricks snap together to form larger, more complex designs, researchers can build smaller, high-quality modules and then connect them to form a complete quantum system.
Building on this principle, a team from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has introduced an improved method for scalable quantum computing. They demonstrated a high-performance modular design for superconducting quantum processors, showing how such an architecture can achieve both efficiency and adaptability. Published in Nature Electronics, their results advance earlier approaches and move closer to creating scalable, fault-tolerant, and reconfigurable quantum computing platforms.
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