Quantum Computers will potentially overpower classical binary computers in computation and intelligence!
Quantum computing is far away from becoming useful for everyday application but mega corporations like Google Quantum AI, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, Intel have invested heavily in Quantum Computing Research and Development.
Innovative Startups are paving the way between us and the bright yellow future (like Eminem’s Urine). A way forward for this cutting-edge (I wish I knew the difference between Bleeding Edge and Cutting Edge) technology is only through persistent pursuit for sagacious solutions.
So Far in Quantum Computing World
Quantum System Two, the R & D marvel of IBM was unveiled a year ago. In-house IBM-made chip that powers this futuristic machine is called the Heron. IBM is working to produce a 100,000 qubit Quantum System. It will be ready by 2033.
A qubit is essentially an equivalent of a Bit in the binary computing which is used to encode information. In Quantum Computing that encoding is carried through encoding over the basic unit of information, which is a Qubit. Read more about Qubits here.
In contrast to IBM, Google has their quantum Computer called Sycamore. It can outperform supercomputers according to some studies. Although it’s in a very niche, specific area, still lauded as groundbreaking by the experiment conductors. Sycamore, Google-made QPU (Quantum Processing Unit) was tested by researcher Alexis Morvan. Although these benchmarks were done in the “weak noise phase”, and quantum computers only work best in this phase for now, otherwise a lot of QEC (quantum error correction) is needed. Read more about Weak Noise Phase here.
Amazon’s Braket is a computing service which allows users through AWS (Amazon Web Services) to access Amazon Bracket Simulator, and various other Quantum computing vendors.
Microsoft Azure provides web based powerful quantum computing services. With the quantum computing services of Microsoft Azures, enthusiasts and professionals alike can access simulators, quantum hardware and tools for development.
D-Wave is another major player in the Quantum Computing realm. The Leap quantum cloud service is launched by D-Wave to connect to their “Advantage” Computer for solving quantum problems. D-Wave offers their systems to industry leaders such as Google, Intel and Microsoft as well.
A Japanese Company named NTT DOCOMO demonstrated a commercial application of Quantum computing. They used D-Wave services to improve voice quality on their network, especially during the peak hours of network traffic.
Applications of Quantum Computing. Are there any Right now?
Solving the world's most powerful computing merits meaningful purposes as a driving force.
Quantum Computers could speed up research in Chemistry and Particle Physics. We are looking at potential breakthroughs in battery technology, supercomputers, material science and biotech.
Future holds great promise for Quantum computing as the classical binary computing relies on sequential computing, whereas with the benefits of super-positioning, Qubits in Quantum computing can possibly work simultaneously on numerous problems. One use case for this technology may arrive in the form of optimization for all sorts of problem solving. Best solution is quicker to find with quantum computers as the parallel comparisons between numerous solutions are drawn in a fundamentally different manner than the binary computers. The most realistic applications of this new era of computing revolves around these three fields; using it for quantum-safe encryption on binary computers, for discovering new materials and drugs in pharmaceuticals and finally using it to make the algorithms for classical binary computers which work in some ways like quantum computers.
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