Connecting the two could make it possible to perform complex calculations that are far beyond the power of conventional computers.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011  BY TOM SIMONITE

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have become the first to combine a quantum processor with memory that can be used to store instructions and data. This achievement in quantum computing replicates a similar milestone in conventional computer design from the 1940s.

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