The logical qubit breakthrough was achieved on Quantinuums H2 trapped-ion 56 physical qubitquantum computerusing Microsofts Azure Quantums qubit-virtualisation system.
It triples the pairs previous achievement of four reliable logical qubits, announced in April this year.
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The tech giant intends to integrate these applications into a commercial offering for its Azure Quantum computing platform.
Physical qubits are the parts that function analogously to bits in a classical computer.
They can be things like tiny particles (like electrons), superconducting circuits, or even atoms.
They leverage quantum mechanics to perform computations much faster than classical bits.
However, they are prone to errors due to noise entering the system.
Logical qubits on the other hand are more robust and made up of several physical qubits.
This will also be made accessible through Azure.
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