Physicists have created a new type of analog quantum computer that can solve problems in quantum physics that regular computers cannot. The scientists from Stanford University and University College Dublin found that the specialized analog computer, which has quantum components, can solve hard physics problems. The architecture of the computer involves metal-semiconductor components in a nanoelectronic circuit. The essential idea of the analog computer is to use hardware to solve problems instead of computer code. The researchers showed that the new design offers a way to scale up the technology to simulate bulk quantum matter.
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Physicists have created a new type of analog quantum computer that can solve problems in quantum physics that regular computers cannot. The scientists from Stanford University and University College Dublin found that the specialized analog computer, which has quantum components, can solve hard physics problems. The architecture of the computer involves metal-semiconductor components in a nanoelectronic circuit. The essential idea of the analog computer is to use hardware to solve problems instead of computer code. The researchers showed that the new design offers a way to scale up the technology to simulate bulk quantum matter.