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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Researchers Develop A New Chip That Could Bridge The Gap Between Classical And Quantum Computing

Quantum Computers are highly powerful machines that process information at a subatomic level. But, the quantum computers that we have today do not have the advanced capabilities needed in a real quantum computer. To that end, researchers have now developed a hardware aimed at bridging the gap between real advanced quantum computers and the standard computers. This hardware has been created for a “probabilistic” computer called p-bits that performs a calculation comparable to that of a real quantum computer.

Read more at:
https://in.mashable.com/tech/7230/researchers-develop-a-new-chip-that-could-bridge-the-gap-between-classical-and-quantum-computing

Studying STEM Isn’t The Career Boost We Think

For some understandable yet deeply misguided reasons, a defining majority of our country’s discourse has focused on the financial outcomes of college – the blindingly narrow “return on investment.”

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2019/09/29/studying-stem-isnt-the-career-boost-we-think/#6ef0c3bb2539

IITs have a plan: Weak students to exit in 3 years with BSc in engineering

The proposal is on the agenda of the IIT Council meeting called Friday, The Indian Express has learned. The Council, headed by the Human Resource Development Minister, is the highest decision-making body of all the 23 institutes.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/education/iits-have-a-plan-weak-students-to-exit-in-3-years-with-bsc-in-engineering-6029521/