Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

How is a quantum computer operated?

+1
−0

I would like to know about quantum computing, how it is operated.

For digital computers (digits mostly as bits, but could be anyting able to hold a specific finite number of states) there is an input, as a series of digits, a program that consists of a sequence of instructions, and an output, again as a series of digits.

It wasn't always so, the sequence of instructions missing on electric analog computers and the input and output would be a time-dependent signal of varying voltage.

Even earlier, a watch is a cog wheel based computer where the input is the initial adjustment of the hands on the dial and the output is their subsequent positions changing with time.

What I like to know about quantum computers: what is the input, how is the output collected and is there some kind of "program", a series of instructions, or does it have to be redesigned for every new kind of task?

History

0 comment threads

1 answer

+0
−1

Amazon allows you to use their quantum computer for free (up to a certain amount).

https://aws.amazon.com/braket/

The "Hello World" of this environment is a 2 x 2 identity matrix (1, 0),(0, 1)

History

0 comment threads

Sign up to answer this question »