How do you build the next-generation internet?
Imagine super-fast computers that can solve problems much quicker than machines today. These “quantum computers” are being developed in laboratories around the world. But scientists have already taken the next step, and are thinking about a light-based quantum internet that will have to be just as fast.
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Tau.Neutrino said:
How do you build the next-generation internet?Imagine super-fast computers that can solve problems much quicker than machines today. These “quantum computers” are being developed in laboratories around the world. But scientists have already taken the next step, and are thinking about a light-based quantum internet that will have to be just as fast.
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This bit is interesting:
There are four types of quantum computers currently being developed, which use:
There are several problems that will need to be solved in order to make a quantum internet possible:
mollwollfumble said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
How do you build the next-generation internet?Imagine super-fast computers that can solve problems much quicker than machines today. These “quantum computers” are being developed in laboratories around the world. But scientists have already taken the next step, and are thinking about a light-based quantum internet that will have to be just as fast.
more…
This bit is interesting:
There are four types of quantum computers currently being developed, which use:
- Light particles
- Trapped ions
- Superconducting qubits
- Nitrogen vacancy centres in diamonds
There are several problems that will need to be solved in order to make a quantum internet possible:
- Getting quantum computers to talk to each other
- Transmitting messages over long distances without losing parts of the message
If these quantum computers produce usable data then why can’t they just communicate on an ordinary Internet?
I mean it might not be optimal, but if they are way faster than ordinary computers it would still be way better than the current system.