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Real quantum computers always look like cheesy sci-fi movie prop computers.

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I always expect to see a James Bond villain or some sexy robot women in the room.

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There is quite a bit more than just the cooling system in the picture. Coax cables take control signals from room temperature to the quantum processor and readout signals back. The signal paths include attenuation, filtering and amplification in various stages. The processor itself is in a magnetic shield, which is the grey cylinder at the bottom.

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