All articles tagged with #classical computing
A study led by Garnet Chan shows the ground-state energy of FeMo-co, the active site of nitrogenase, can be accurately computed with classical methods, challenging the belief that quantum computers are required for modeling such highly correlated chemical systems and suggesting progress in chemistry can proceed without waiting for fault-tolerant quantum hardware.
Researchers have demonstrated that classical computers can be reconfigured to outperform state-of-the-art quantum computers by developing an algorithm that efficiently computes outcomes using only a portion of the information stored in a quantum state. This breakthrough, reported in the journal PRX Quantum, highlights the potential for improving computations through both classical and quantum approaches. The algorithm, inspired by recent advances in dealing with tensor networks, effectively compresses information similar to how an image is compressed into a JPEG file. The study suggests that classical computing has the potential to surpass quantum computing in certain scenarios, raising the bar for quantum computing even further.