HPR3455: Podcast Recommendation: IBM and Quantum computing

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Ep. 34 | The Latest from the Lab: How IBM Research Is Inventing What's Next

https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/podcast/ep-34-the-latest-from-the-lab-how-ibm-research-is-inventing-whats-next

1. Rss feed: https://eetech.libsyn.com/rss
2. Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Welser
   • VP of Exploratory Science at IBM Research
   • IBM Release first 2nm chip this year
3. Engineers vs Scientists and how they drive innovations
4. Goal to replace the transistor when Moore's Law stops scaling
5. Managing thermal loads
6. Finding new structures and materials to control current
7. Neural nets, image recognition and AI
8. Quantum computing
   • Discussion starts at 34:35 into the podcast
   • Richard Feynman, Early 80's
     • https://www.feynman.com
   • qubits
     • superposition state
     • "Spooky action at a distance"
   • Encryption
     • Need millions of qubits to break current encryption
       • Only currently over 100 qubits
       • At least a decade from having enough qubits
       • Currently have classical systems that cannot be broken by quantum computers
         • The math does not map onto a quantum system
         • Currently working with NIST to create quantum safe cryptography
           • https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Cryptographic-Standards-and-Guidelines
   • Quantum chemistry
   • Quantum chip - cooling and superconducting
     • Dilution refrigerator
       • Low temperature and pressure
       • Top is 4 Kelvin, bottom gets to 15 milli Kelvin
       • https://phys.org/news/2019-06-superconducting-quantum-refrigerator.html
       • https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kelvin-introduction
   • Josephson junction
     • It is the reference Volt as defined by NIST
     • https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/josephson-junctions
     • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephson_voltage_standard
   • Use an IBM quantum computer online
     • May 2016 the first quantum computer was put on the 'Net
       • https://quantum-computing.ibm.com
       • https://newsroom.ibm.com/2016-05-03-IBM-Makes-Quantum-Computing-Available-on-IBM-Cloud-to-Accelerate-Innovation
       • 300,000 users
       • https://qiskit.org/documentation
         • Qiskit is open-source software for working with quantum computers at the level of circuits, pulses, and algorithms.

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