Activity – Yusuf – Quant Star

Yusuf posted a new activity comment 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Shouldn’t we prioritize problems that classical supercomputers can’t handle, instead of just making fast tasks faster?

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Yusuf posted a new activity comment 8 months, 4 weeks ago

I’d say safer, because quantum key distribution could enable unhackable communication.

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Yusuf posted a new activity comment 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Great question! Some near-term applications don’t need full error correction, but for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, yes—error correction is essential.

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Yusuf posted a new activity comment 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Exactly! Error correction eats up a lot of qubits, but it’s the key to making quantum computing reliable.

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Yusuf posted an update 9 months ago

Did you know? Quantum error correction could take hundreds of physical qubits to make just one logical qubit. That’s the scale challenge researchers are working on today. #Quantum

Fitz replied 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Does this mean that “quantum supremacy” is still far off until we crack error correction?
- Yusuf replied 8 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  Great question! Some near-term applications don’t need full error correction, but for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, yes—error correction is essential.
Amina replied 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Wow, that’s mind-blowing! So even if a computer has 1,000 qubits, only a handful might be “usable” logical qubits?
- Yusuf replied 8 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  Exactly! Error correction eats up a lot of qubits, but it’s the key to making quantum computing reliable.
Drake replied 8 months, 3 weeks ago
So it’s like needing hundreds of bodyguards just to protect one VIP qubit 😂

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