by USC
With the Construction of a New Quantum Computing Center at its Information Sciences Institute Campus in Marina del Rey, USC Charts a New Course into the Future of Computing. USC; Lockheed Martin, Inc.; and D-Wave Systems, Inc. officially unveiled the first commercial and operational quantum computer academic center at USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Information Sciences Institute. USC is now exploring the promising future of quantum computing. Invoking super-conducting technology, USC has constructed a high-fidelity computing center to house D-Wave’s revolutionary quantum computing chip, recently purchased by Lockheed Martin and provided to USC for its applicability to information technology. USC and Lockheed Martin will work synergistically to explore the potential of the chip, which is at the cutting edge of technological advances. The D-Wave chip has 128 quantum bits ( or “qubits” ), which have the capability of encoding the two digits of one and zero at the same time – as opposed to traditional bits, which distinctly encode either a one or a zero. This property, called “superposition,” will allow quantum computing systems to perform complicated calculations exponentially faster than traditional computers. With the construction of the multi-million dollar quantum computing center, USC now has the infrastructure in place to support future generations of quantum computer chips, positioning the school and its partners at the forefront of quantum computing research.
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