{"id":244609,"date":"2026-09-29T01:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/random-access-quantum-memory-lets-one-processor-select-among-seven-storage-cells"},"modified":"2026-09-29T01:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:31:37","slug":"random-access-quantum-memory-lets-one-processor-select-among-seven-storage-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/random-access-quantum-memory-lets-one-processor-select-among-seven-storage-cells","title":{"rendered":"Random access quantum memory lets one processor select among seven storage cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/random-access-quantum-memory-lets-one-processor-select-among-seven-storage-cells2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Classical computers can temporarily store the information required to perform specific tasks in a short-term memory component known as RAM (random access memory). This component allows computer processors to retrieve information from a chosen location without searching through all stored data.<\/p>\n<p>Yet most current superconductor-based quantum computers do not have a separate RAM-like component. This is because while processors and memory components are separate in classical computers, most superconducting quantum computers rely on the same hardware for storing and processing information.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Stanford University, University of Chicago, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and other institutions have designed a new device that could serve as a random access quantum memory. Their device, presented in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41567-026-03418-w\" target=\"_blank\">a paper published in <i>Nature Physics<\/i><\/a>, could pave the way for quantum computers with separate memory components and fewer signal-carrying connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classical computers can temporarily store the information required to perform specific tasks in a short-term memory component known as RAM (random access memory). This component allows computer processors to retrieve information from a chosen location without searching through all stored data. Yet most current superconductor-based quantum computers do not have a separate RAM-like component. This [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}