New Quantum-Computer Design Could Lead to Practical Hardware

Quantum computers promise the ability to tackle complex problems, such as decoding

encrypted communications and developing new pharmaceutical drugs, much faster than conventional machines can. But to date, quantum computers have only been used to tackle specific problems, mostly to demonstrate how they work. Now, scientists have proposed a new way to build a quantum computer using microwaves to control individual atoms, and they say the new method offers a blueprint for a more useful computing machine. "We're using some new concepts that tremendously simplify how to build a quantum computer," said Winfried Hensinger, director of the Ion Quantum Technology Group at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Hensinger led the new study that outlines the design. [Top 10 Revolutionary Computers]                 https://www.livescience.com/57726-new-quantum-computer-design.html