Quantum computer programmed to solve simple algorithms for the first time

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They have built the first fully reprogrammable quantum computer and used it for the kinds of calculations that could allow the technology to overthrow existing understanding of computing. Quantum computers use quits, rather than binary bits, which means that things can be in not just two states but a range of them. The new study is the first to show that such computers can be programmed and reprogrammed, and used to solve simple algorithms. They refer to the system as a “module”, since it can be reprogrammed and attached to other quantum computers, allowing it to be used flexibly.