RMIT University researchers have trialled a quantum processor capable of routing quantum information from different locations in a critical breakthrough for quantum computing. The work opens a pathway ...

While quantum computing has made great gains in recent years in terms of transistors and logic gates and reprogrammable chips, the technology still lacks one vital component: data transfer. This ...

Ultimately, the discovery could pave the way for a quantum data bus and bring quantum computing closer to reality, they said.

Researchers have trialled a quantum processor capable of routing quantum information from different locations in a critical breakthrough for quantum computing.

Researchers have trialled a quantum processor capable of routing quantum information from different locations in a critical breakthrough for quantum computing.

"Similar to a data bus in a conventional computer, scientists can use this technique to connect the components of a quantum computer," explains Poulsen Nautrup.

A data bus is a system universal to computers—from PC or smartphone to computers on military aircraft—that moves data from one part of the computer to the other.

Transporting information from one place to another is a key part of any computing platform, and now researchers have figured out a way to make it possible in the quantum world.

Transporting information from one place to another is a key part of any computing platform, and now researchers have figured out a way to make it possible in the quantum world.