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Thermodynamic Scaling Limit of Active Quantum Error Correction
Active quantum error correction (QEC) underpins fault‑tolerant quantum computation, yet its control circuitry dissipates heat that must be removed by cryogenic infrastructure. A hard scalability limit arises when the localized power density generated by control pulses exceeds the Kapitza thermal…
Escaping the Millikelvin Death Spiral
Standard quantum architectures rely on dilution refrigeration to suppress thermal noise, tethering the industry to a non-scalable 20 mK thermal floor. The cooling power at millikelvin temperatures scales poorly, creating a “mainframe constraint” that limits widespread deployment. Here, a 4-Kelvin…
THERMODYNAMIC AND TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON BIOLOGICAL QUANTUM PROCESSING
This study establishes a rigorous quantitative boundary between engineered quantum systems and biological matter, defined by the thermodynamic cost of information protection. By benchmarking the 2025 Google “Willow” superconducting processor—which requires cryogenic isolation (20 mK) and active…
Thermodynamic Scaling of 4-Kelvin Topological Processors
Standard superconducting quantum processors are currently constrained by the thermodynamic bottleneck of millikelvin dilution refrigeration, which precludes the integration of high-speed control logic and limits scalability. This reliance on the 20 mK regime creates a “mainframe constraint” where…
Thermodynamic Viability and the Universality of Feynman Matter
The dominant paradigm for universal quantum computation, predicated on active error correction, is fundamentally constrained by a thermodynamic wall, a phase transition where the entropy produced by control operations catastrophically overwhelms the system. This study quantifies this constraint,…
Thermodynamics of Structural Persistence (Topological Memory)
The prevailing paradigm in quantum information preservation—active intervention—relies on continuous, energy-intensive error correction cycles to suppress entropic decay. This approach faces a fundamental scaling limitation: the latency horizon, where the time delay of the control loop exceeds the…
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