{"id":21458,"date":"2026-10-15T12:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21458"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:08:47","slug":"software-advance-brings-complex-quantum-simulations-to-standard-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21458","title":{"rendered":"Software advance brings complex quantum simulations to standard computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>AI-rewritten:<\/strong> This is a summary of an article from Phys.org, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>Phys.org &bull; October 14, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>A new software algorithm allows standard computers to run quantum simulations that previously required the world&#8217;s most powerful supercomputers. Researchers developed this tool to help create bigger, more reliable quantum devices by simulating how they might work in reality. According to the team, these simulations can now be performed using around 5% of the computing power needed for the same task on a supercomputer. This reduction makes experiments vital for understanding current limitations cheaper and easier to conduct.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough was led by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and EPCC, the U.K.&#8217;s National Supercomputing Centre. For the first time, this algorithm enables standard computers to run Gaussian boson sampling, a simulation designed to demonstrate the capabilities of photonic quantum computers powered by light. In tests, researchers found that classical computers using this method could match or even outperform some current quantum devices in running these specific simulations.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Raul Garcia-Patron Sanchez stated that their work has significantly improved memory use, running time, and energy costs for simulating photonic quantum computing devices. The research, published in the journal Science Advances, also involved scientists from Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al, Canada. While current quantum computers are small and error-prone, this advance aims to make mainstream simulation accessible to a wider range of facilities rather than just a handful worldwide.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Phys.org &bull; October 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-10-software-advance-complex-quantum-simulations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at Phys.org &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-rewritten: This is a summary of an article from Phys.org, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story. Phys.org &bull; October 14, 2026 A new software algorithm allows standard computers to run quantum simulations that previously required<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21458\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantum-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}