# Chinese breakthrough a step towards scalable quantum computation: paper

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Published: 2023-09-10
Updated: 2023-09-10





Source: scmp.com (https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3233878/chinese-scientists-say-physics-breakthrough-step-towards-scalable-quantum-computation)














Chinese scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the development of practical processors for quantum computers. Previous studies were only able to entangle two atoms at a time, but the team was able to entangle eight and 10 ultracold atoms in two-dimensional blocks and one-dimensional chains respectively.