6,100-QUBIT PROCESSOR SHATTERS QUANTUM COMPUTING RECORD

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Physicists from the California Institute of Technology have built a quantum computing array containing 6,100 qubits, well above the thousand or so qubits previous systems contain. They used cesium atoms as their qubits, trapping them in place with a complex system of lasers that act as tweezers to keep the atoms as stable as possible. Large arrays allow for better error correction, which helps to overcome the inherent fragility of qubits by providing a surplus to double-check machine operations.