Intel breakthrough uses silicon to make a quantum processor

Quantum computing is shaping up to be the next best thing since sliced bread, according to many technology industry leaders and experts. Indeed, many of today’s leading technology companies are trying to conduct their own research to advance the field, and they’re all making progress slowly but surely. Now microchip maker Intel has announced that it may have made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing architecture design that could greatly improve future quantum computers.

In quantum computing, the central processing unit comes in the form of something called a quantum processor, which works based on quantum bits or “qubits.” Current quantum computers use superconducting qubits in order to function, and Intel is only one of many in the industry doing research on them. Intel has been developing their own superconducting qubits for testing, alongside many others, even in academia.