# A Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Was Just Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit

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Published: 2022-06-22
Updated: 2022-06-22





Source: Science Alert (https://www.sciencealert.com/a-huge-step-forward-in-quantum-computing-was-just-announced-the-first-ever-quantum-circuit)














Australian scientists have created the world’s first-ever quantum computer circuit - one that contains all the essential components found on a classical computer chip but at the quantum scale.