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Re:IBM compensates for errors, gets usable results out of qu... by hulitu on Thursday June 15, 2023 @03:19PM (#36345228)
> IBM compensates for errors, gets usable results out of quantum processor

So until now no quantum processing was reliable. Fool me once...

Re:IBM compensates for errors, gets usable results out of qu... by aDfbrtVt on Thursday June 15, 2023 @03:28PM (#36345315)
What is "reliable" though? All digital systems will undergo some rate of correctable/uncorrectable errors, it just depends on what you consider to be an acceptable rate of failure for your device.
Re:IBM compensates for errors, gets usable results out of qu... by rbanffy on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:30AM (#36354278)
> So until now no quantum processing was reliable. Fool me once...

At a fundamental level, pretty much yes. The trick is to build virtual reliable qubits out of a bunch of fundamentally temperamental ones. At some point we'll be able to trust the virtual qubits keep their state indefinitely, like memory.