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Practical quantum computers still at least a decade away

Peter H. Gwynne

Published Jan 1, 2019• 2 citations

Abstract

Significant technical and financial issues remain towards building a large, fault-tolerant quantum computer and one is unlikely to be built within the coming decade.

DOI: 10.1088/2058-7058/32/1/14

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