{"id":25649,"date":"2018-06-15T13:09:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=408678"},"modified":"2018-06-15T13:09:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:09:46","slug":"director-of-quantum-computing-julie-love-microsoft-making-progress-on-quantum-computer-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/15\/director-of-quantum-computing-julie-love-microsoft-making-progress-on-quantum-computer-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Quantum Computing Julie Love: Microsoft making progress on quantum computer \u2018every day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft<\/a><\/strong> is \u201call-in\u201d on building a quantum computer and is making advancements \u201cevery day\u201d, according to one of the company\u2019s top experts on the technology.<\/p>\n

Julie Love<\/a><\/strong> (above), Director of Quantum Computing, called the firm\u2019s push to build the next generation of computer technology \u201cone of the biggest disruptive bets we have made as a company\u201d.<\/p>\n

Quantum computing<\/a><\/strong> has the potential to help humans tackle some of the world\u2019s biggest problems in areas such as materials science, chemistry, genetics, medicine and the environment. It uses the physics of qubits<\/a><\/strong> to create a way of computing that can work on specific kinds of problems that are impossible with today\u2019s computers. In theory, a problem that would take today\u2019s machines billions of years to solve could be completed by a quantum computer in minutes, hours or days.<\/p>\n

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While Microsoft has noted that no one has yet built a working quantum computer, Love said the company has the right team in place to make progress and eventually create a system and software that can tackle real-world issues. Over the past decade, Microsoft has built a team comprised of some of the greatest minds in quantum physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering. It is also working with some of the leading experts in universities across the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuantum computers could solve a set of problems that are completely intractable to humans at this time, and it could do so in 100 seconds,\u201d she said during a speech at London Tech Week<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cMicrosoft\u2019s enterprise customers are interested in changing their businesses using this technology, and we have set our sights beyond the hype cycle. We have a good understanding of what\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cMicrosoft is working on the only scalable solution, one that will run seamlessly on the Azure<\/a><\/strong> cloud, and be much more immune to errors. The truth is that not all qubits are equal; most are inherently unstable and susceptible to error-creating noise from the environment. Our approach uses topological qubits specifically for their higher accuracy, lower cost and ability to perform long enough to solve complex real-world problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft is the only major company attempting to build topological qubits, which aims to significantly reduce any interference at a subatomic level that might affect the machine. With this approach, the computational qubits will be \u201ccorrected\u201d by the other qubits.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen we run systems, there are trade-offs in power, because they have to be very cold. However, we get higher compute capabilities,\u201d said Love, who started studying quantum computing in the late-1990s.<\/p>\n

Last year, Microsoft released a Quantum Development Kit<\/a><\/strong>, which includes its Q# programming language for people who want to start writing applications for a quantum computer. These can be tested in Microsoft\u2019s online simulator. Q# is designed for developers who are keen to learn how to program on these machines whether or not they are experts in the field of quantum physics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have released the Quantum Development Kit so developers can learn to program a quantum computer and join us on this journey,\u201d Love added.<\/p>\n

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