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MIT showcases quantum chip communication without physical contact


Current quantum-computing systems rely on clunky "point-to-point" connections, where data is transferred in a chain and has to jump between nodes. Unfortunately, each hop also increases the...

To address this issue, MIT researchers developed a quantum interconnect component that lets superconducting processors talk directly to each other without a "middleman." At the heart of this breakthrough is a superconducting wire (a waveguide), which acts as a quantum highway that lets the photons zip between processors. Unlike today's patchwork quantum setups, this architecture supports "all-to-all" connectivity, meaning any number of processors can communicate directly.

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