Quantum computers promise to crack some of the world's most intractable problems by super-charging processing power. But the technical challenges involved in building these machines mean they've still achieved just a fraction of what they are theoretically capable of.
Now physicists from the UK have created a blueprint for a soccer-field-sized machine they say could reach the blistering speeds that would allow them to solve problems beyond the reach of today's most powerful supercomputers.
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