Quantum advantage demonstrated using Gaussian boson sampling
Photon-based calculation is done 100 trillion times faster than on a supercomputer
Read article: Quantum advantage demonstrated using Gaussian boson sampling
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Photon-based calculation is done 100 trillion times faster than on a supercomputer
Read article: Quantum advantage demonstrated using Gaussian boson sampling
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