Australian engineers write quantum computer ‘qubit’ in global breakthrough

Australian engineers have made a world breakthrough in the race to create quantum computers, which could perform tasks billions of times faster than even the most sophisticated technology today.The University of NSW team has used the “spin”, or magnetic orientation, of an electron bound to a single phosphorus atom, embedded in a silicon chip, to both read and write information.
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Australian researchers say the world’s first quantum computer is just 5 to10 years away, after announcing a global breakthrough that makes manufacture of its memory building blocks possible.A research team led by Australian engineers has created the first working “quantum bit” based on a single atom in silicon, invoking the same technological platform that forms the building blocks of modern day computers, laptops and phones.
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