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Physicists May Have Found a Hard Limit on The Performance of Large Quantum Computers (www.sciencealert.com)

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A newly discovered trade-off in the way time-keeping devices operate on a fundamental level could set a hard limit on the performance of large-scale quantum computers, according to researchers from the Vienna University of Technology.

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[-] souperk@reddthat.com 46 points 11 months ago

Scientist:

That means: Either the clock works quickly or it works precisely – both are not possible at the same time.

Engineer: Explain that to my manager please!

Also, Engineer: Well, what if we accounted for error rate and fixed precision post-processing?

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