IQM Announces Novel Quantum Error Correction Approach Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
New approach delivers cutting edge performance, while significantly reducing hardware complexity
IQM Quantum Computers, the global leader in superconducting quantum computers, has developed a novel quantum error-correcting code that achieves up to three orders of magnitude lower logical error rates than the surface code, also requiring up to eight times fewer physical qubits.
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Unlike many alternative high-performance quantum error-correction approaches, the new code also maintains a comparatively low hardware complexity, marking a significant advancement toward scalable fault-tolerant quantum computing.
