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A 6.8-nanosecond gate at 99.98% fidelity is a meaningful result because gate speed and error rate usually trade off against each other. The reported work also points to a specific mechanism: stronger control pulses can drive transmon qubits into higher energy levels through multiphoton transitions, and the team's suppression method targets that leakage. Readers should watch whether the approach holds up across larger multi-qubit systems and independent replication, since single-gate benchmarks don't yet show how it affects full-circuit performance.
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Peter Grünberg Institute’s quantum gate hits 99.98% speed record

Quantum Zeitgeist3 min read

Researchers at the Peter Grünberg Institute’s PGI-13 & PGI-8 achieved a 99.98% accurate quantum gate in 6.8 nanoseconds, a new speed record.

Photo: Jülich Research Center / Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13) · fz-juelich.de A quantum operation now takes just 6.8 nanoseconds at the Peter Grünberg Institute, a speed researchers say is tens of nanoseconds faster than typical superconducting quantum computers. The team achieved this record alongside 99.98 percent accuracy, demonstrating that rapid processing needn’t sacrifice reliability. Researchers found that strong, rapid microwave…

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