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Photonic Quantum Computer Sets a Speed Record ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Robust quantum computational advantage with programmable 3050-photon Gaussian boson sampling"
arXiv:2508.09092 · 2025-08-12 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · Quantum Physics
The Jiuzhang 4.0 quantum processor handles in microseconds a task that would take the most powerful supercomputer 10^42 years.
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The Chinese quantum computer Jiuzhang 4.0 solved in 25 microseconds a problem that would stump any supercomputer for longer than the universe has existed. The machine operates with light, pushing photons through an intricate maze, and captures a unique pattern of their arrival. Such a breakthrough promises new drugs and unbreakable codes.

🎯 If the El Capitan supercomputer had started crunching numbers at the Big Bang, by now it wouldn't have completed even a fraction of what Jiuzhang 4.0 does in 25 microseconds.

🎬 Instant computation, like in "Star Trek", but in a real lab chip.

Scientists
Emmy NoetherJacob BekensteinStephen HawkingLudwig BoltzmannWilliam BoruckiWilhelm Wien
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photometry Standard Model entropy
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second law of thermodynamicsNoether's theoremBekenstein-Hawking entropyStefan–Boltzmann lawBoltzmann distributionfirst law of thermodynamics
Original: arXiv:2508.09092 · CC BY · bridge42worlds