Classical and Quantum Simulators (Animated) (IMAGE)

Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore

Classical and Quantum Simulators (Animated)

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Quantum replicants of responsive systems can be more efficient than classical models, researchers at the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore have found, because classical models have to store more past information than is necessary to simulate the future. This conceptual artist's illustration suggests the difference in resources required between a classical (green) and quantum (blue) simulation.

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Mile Gu and Jayne Thompson / Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore

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To be used only in reporting on the paper Jayne Thompson et al, "Using quantum theory to simplify input-output processes" <i>npj Quantum Information</i> doi:10.1038/s41534-016-0001-3 (2017)

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