QPU

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A form of quantum processing unit — A computational unit that uses quantum computing principles to perform a task.

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nounQPU (plural QPUs)

plural QPUs

  1. abbreviationinitialismquantum computingInitialism of quantum processing unit.

    We find that the performance of both approaches is likely to depend on the quantum interconnect that serves to entangle multiple QPUs.

    2017 March 17, Keith A. Britt, Travis S. Humble, “High-Performance Computing with Quantum Processing Units”, in ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, volume 13, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 39:1–39:13

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Also see
quantum processing unit
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