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Technology Amazon Web Services brings quantum computing to the cloud

23:05  02 december  2019
23:05  02 december  2019 Source:   cnet.com

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Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) has announced three quantum computing services that'll bring the super supercomputer within everyday reach, as Quantum computing , which can simultaneously evaluate multiple possibilities, will likely be used for physics and chemistry simulations that aren't

Amazon Web Services has, for the first time, hinted at its interest in offering quantum computing to customers. The indication was given in a blog post praising the Quantum computing will “increase the speed at which our customers can process complex scientific data in the cloud , which will enable

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AWS wants to bring quantum computing into the cloud. NTT Research© Provided by CBS Interactive Inc. AWS wants to bring quantum computing into the cloud. NTT Research

AWS noted in an announcement Monday morning that it had previously joked 10 years ago about launching the Quantum Compute Cloud -- but now it's becoming a reality.

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Click here to return to Amazon Web Services homepage. AWS hosts events, both online and in-person, bringing the cloud computing community together to connect A learning conference for the global cloud computing community. The event features keynotes, announcements, training and

This service brings together both traditional and quantum computers on a single cloud platform to help users create applications using the power of qubits. Rigetti. If we can tap into the power of this computer , there is no limit to the kind of speed and the nature of computations that we can do.

The Amazon Braket service will allow developers, researchers and scientists to experiment with quantum computers from providers like D-Wave, IonQ and Rigetti. "You can build and test your circuits in a simulated environment and then run them on an actual quantum computer," AWS said.

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Quantum computing is the new super supercomputer

The AWS Center for Quantum Computing is a new research center at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The company is hoping researchers and scientists will use the center to make "scientific and technological breakthroughs", including the possibility of mass producing quantum computers.

Lastly, the Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab will give access to quantum experts from Amazon to AWS customers.

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Quantum computing, which can simultaneously evaluate multiple possibilities, will likely be used for physics and chemistry simulations that aren't possible with classical computers, which can't simulate complex chemicals. They could also create new drugs and solar panels, help develop artificial intelligence and self-driving cars, and even manage investment portfolios.

Besides D-Wave, IonQ and Rigetti, tech giants Microsoft, Google, IBM, Intel and Honeywell are also working on quantum computing. IBM and Rigetti already offer cloud access to their quantum computers, while Google plans the same within a year. With quantum computers expensive and difficult to build and run, it's unsurprising that more quantum via cloud services are being announced.

AWS wants to bring quantum computing into the cloud.© NTT Research

AWS wants to bring quantum computing into the cloud.

Take a look at Google's quantum computing technology

  • a kitchen with a building in the background: A Google quantum computer, shown here without its refrigeration housing, has multiple layers descending from top to bottom, each chilled to a colder temperature. The bottom layer, where the qubit-housing quantum computing chips reside, is only a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.
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    A Google quantum computer, shown here without its refrigeration housing, has multiple layers descending from top to bottom, each chilled to a colder temperature. The bottom layer, where the qubit-housing quantum computing chips reside, is only a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.
  • a circuit board: Google's Sycamore processor features dozens of tiny communication lines to link to the outside world. The chip has 54 qubits, the fundamental unit for storing and processing data in a quantum computer.
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    Google's Sycamore processor features dozens of tiny communication lines to link to the outside world. The chip has 54 qubits, the fundamental unit for storing and processing data in a quantum computer.
  • the inside of a building: This is the quantum computer powered by Google's 54-qubit Sycamore processor that ran an experiment Google used to demonstrate quantum supremacy. The large cylinder is used to keep the computer extremely cold so outside energy doesn't perturb the super-sensitive qubits.
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    This is the quantum computer powered by Google's 54-qubit Sycamore processor that ran an experiment Google used to demonstrate quantum supremacy. The large cylinder is used to keep the computer extremely cold so outside energy doesn't perturb the super-sensitive qubits.
  • a close up of a computer: Quantum computing humor: a sticker on a researcher's MacBook touts superposition, one of the weird quantum physics phenomena responsible for quantum computing's abilities.
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    Quantum computing humor: a sticker on a researcher's MacBook touts superposition, one of the weird quantum physics phenomena responsible for quantum computing's abilities.
  • the inside of a building: Google's quantum computer uses 216 channels of coaxial cable to communicate with its qubits. Depending on the research under way, some may be unplugged.
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    Google's quantum computer uses 216 channels of coaxial cable to communicate with its qubits. Depending on the research under way, some may be unplugged.
  • a stack of flyers on a table: Google quantum computer control lines stretched out for illustration purposes. The coaxial cables are extremely expensive, costing about $1,000 for each 2-foot segment.
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    Google quantum computer control lines stretched out for illustration purposes. The coaxial cables are extremely expensive, costing about $1,000 for each 2-foot segment.
  • Google's quantum computer is fiendishly complex. Each line here transmits electromagnetic signals used to control computation and read data from the qubits that process the data.
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    Google's quantum computer is fiendishly complex. Each line here transmits electromagnetic signals used to control computation and read data from the qubits that process the data.
  • a close up of a piece of paper: Google builds its Sycamore quantum computing chip out of two parts bonded together. At left is the controller interface to communicate with the outside world; at right is the chip element that houses the qubits that do the data processing. If you look closely, you can see the word
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    Google builds its Sycamore quantum computing chip out of two parts bonded together. At left is the controller interface to communicate with the outside world; at right is the chip element that houses the qubits that do the data processing. If you look closely, you can see the word "Google" made of tiny iridium dots in between.
  • a close up of an engine: The top of Google's quantum computer features communication links and equipment to pump liquid helium coolant through the machine.
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    The top of Google's quantum computer features communication links and equipment to pump liquid helium coolant through the machine.
  • a man standing in front of a computer: You can't buy most quantum computer components off the shelf, so Google designs and assembles them, including its Sycamore chip. Here, researcher Jimmy Chen shows how two separate chips -- one to house 54 qubits and the other to control them -- are bonded together.
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    You can't buy most quantum computer components off the shelf, so Google designs and assembles them, including its Sycamore chip. Here, researcher Jimmy Chen shows how two separate chips -- one to house 54 qubits and the other to control them -- are bonded together.
  • a person posing for the camera: In a bit of physics humor, Google quantum computing researcher Marissa Giustina wears earrings that are a matched pair of the " role="presentation" data-src="/upload/images/real/2019/12/02/a-person-posing-for-the-camera-in-a-bit-of-physics-humor-google-quantum-computing-researcher-marissa_656493_.jpg?content=1" src="/img/no_img/content/no_img_content_flip.jpg" lazyload="lazyload" title="In a bit of physics humor, Google quantum computing researcher Marissa Giustina wears earrings that ... - Provided by CBS Interactive Inc." />
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    In a bit of physics humor, Google quantum computing researcher Marissa Giustina wears earrings that are a matched pair of the "bra-ket" notation used in quantum physics: |>
  • a circuit board: Google hopes to miniaturize elements like this communication control board used to send signals to qubits. Miniaturization will be necessary as the number of qubits increases.
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    Google hopes to miniaturize elements like this communication control board used to send signals to qubits. Miniaturization will be necessary as the number of qubits increases.
  • Google's Sycamore quantum computing chip has 54 qubits in a two-dimensional array. Running a program on the chip means changing the configuration of the qubits. This sculpture symbolizes the different states of the qubits with different layers as time passes.
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    Google's Sycamore quantum computing chip has 54 qubits in a two-dimensional array. Running a program on the chip means changing the configuration of the qubits. This sculpture symbolizes the different states of the qubits with different layers as time passes.
  • a screenshot of a cell phone: Google expects to improve quantum computers dramatically by increasing the number of data-processing qubits and by reducing errors.
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    Google expects to improve quantum computers dramatically by increasing the number of data-processing qubits and by reducing errors.
  • a circuit board: Special hardware is used to read the state of the qubits at the end of a quantum computing calculation.
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    Special hardware is used to read the state of the qubits at the end of a quantum computing calculation.
  • a close up of a computer: Communicating with a quantum computer's qubits involves sending very tightly controlled electrical pulses, visible here in the oscilliscope display above, down wires that link directly to the quantum computing processor.
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    Communicating with a quantum computer's qubits involves sending very tightly controlled electrical pulses, visible here in the oscilliscope display above, down wires that link directly to the quantum computing processor.
  • a computer monitor sitting on top of a table: A screen demonstrates the actual data-processing instructions sent to Google's quantum computer.
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    A screen demonstrates the actual data-processing instructions sent to Google's quantum computer.
  • Google's quantum computing lab adorns the company logo with the |> notation used in quantum physics.
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    Google's quantum computing lab adorns the company logo with the |> notation used in quantum physics.

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