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Unlocking the Quantum Future

Rachel Yang | Research Laboratory of Electronics

At the MIT Quantum Hackathon, a community tackles quantum computing challenges.

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Prospects of Future In- and Near-Memory Computing Systems

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET
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Researchers Harness 2D Magnetic Materials for Energy-efficient Computing

Adam Zewe | MIT News

An MIT team precisely controlled an ultrathin magnet at room temperature, which could enable faster, more efficient processors and computer memories.

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A New Way to Let AI Chatbots Converse All Day without Crashing

Adam Zewe | MIT News

Researchers developed a simple yet effective solution for a puzzling problem that can worsen the performance of large language models such as ChatGPT.

Illustration shows a Venn diagram of three overlapping circles, each with a colorful qubit represented as a circle with an arrow through it. Colorful lines connect the three. Other qubits fly around.

Technique Could Improve the Sensitivity of Quantum Sensing Devices

Adam Zewe | MIT News

New method lets researchers identify and control larger numbers of atomic-scale defects, to build a bigger system of qubits.

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With a Quantum “Squeeze,” Clocks Could Keep Even More Precise Time, MIT Researchers Propose

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

Clocks, lasers, and other oscillators could be tuned to super-quantum precision, allowing researchers to track infinitesimally small differences in time, and measure quantum phenomena, including the presence of dark matter.

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New Techniques Efficiently Accelerate Sparse Tensors for Massive AI Models

Adam Zewe | MIT News

Researchers from MIT and NVIDIA developed two complementary techniques that could dramatically boost the speed and performance of high-performance computing applications like graph analytics or generative AI. Both of the new methods seek to efficiently exploit sparsity — zero values — in the tensors.

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From a Five-layer Graphene Sandwich, a Rare Electronic State Emerges

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

A newly discovered type of electronic behavior could help with packing more data into magnetic memory devices.

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Quantum Repeaters Use Defects in Diamond to Interconnect Quantum Systems

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory

This technology for storing and transmitting quantum information over lossy links could provide the foundation for scalable quantum networking.

Superconducting qubit architecture resembling a cross, has blue “T” in center and four squares on longer ends.

New Qubit Circuit Enables Quantum Operations with Higher Accuracy

Adam Zewe | MIT News

This advance in superconducting qubit architecture brings quantum error correction a step closer to reality.