Quantum patents

Google Patents a Method for Measuring Quantum Computer Accuracy Gate by Gate

Before a quantum computer can do anything useful, you need to know how badly it's getting things wrong. Google's new patent tackles…

Microsoft Patents a Hybrid System That Uses Quantum Computers to Pick the Best Physics Solver

Microsoft's new patent describes a setup where a classical computer tries several approaches to a hard physics problem, then hands them all…

Patent Targets Hidden Flaws That Cause Quantum Computers to Produce Wrong Answers

Quantum computers are only as good as the accuracy of their operations, and right now microscopic material defects are one of the…

Intel Patents a Self-Correcting Calibration Loop for Quantum Computer Qubits

Quantum computers are extraordinarily sensitive machines where the tiniest drift in a control signal can ruin a calculation. Intel's new patent describes…

IBM Patents a System to Split Its Number-Crunching Hardware Into Independent Work Zones

IBM wants quantum computers to stop sitting idle between jobs. A new patent describes a system that carves a single quantum machine…

Red Hat Files Patent for Automatic Quantum Program Rewriting Across Different Hardware

Every quantum computer speaks a slightly different hardware dialect — and Red Hat thinks the answer is a translation layer that rewrites…

IBM Patents a System That Predicts Quantum Computer Resource Needs Before Jobs Run

Running a program on a quantum computer is a lot like cooking a meal you've never made before — you're not sure…

IBM Patents an Interleaved Wiring Layout to Cut Signal Interference in Quantum Computers

Quantum computers are exquisitely sensitive machines — even a faint electrical signal leaking from one wire to a neighbor can scramble a…

IBM Patents a Physical Ball That Programs Quantum Computers by Rolling

IBM wants to let people program quantum computers by physically rolling a ball around — turning real-world movement into abstract quantum math.

IBM Patents a Two-Step Error-Correction Method for Quantum Computers

Quantum computers make mistakes constantly — and fixing those mistakes fast enough is one of the biggest unsolved problems in the field.…

IBM Patents a Split-Path Method for Reading Quantum Computer Bits

Reading the state of a qubit — the fundamental unit of a quantum computer — is one of the trickiest parts of…

Intel's New Patent Replaces Quantum Computer Wiring with Beams of Light