Quantum computers will also able to sort through reams of data on complicated subjects like climate change to predict how it will progress.
AFP
Sundar Pichai with one of Google's quantum computers in the Santa Barbara lab. A quantum computer can reduce a calculation that would ordinarily take years to minutes.
Quantum computers are able to process multiple possibilities at once, solving problems at a much faster rate.
A component of Google's Quantum Computer in the Santa Barbara lab. Today’s computers function using something called bits, which are arranged in a combination of ones and zeroes. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or "qubits", which mean they are capable of solving calculations a traditional computer could never answer. Reuters
Quantum computers are as fragile as they are complex. They require an ultra-cold temperature to operate, keeping the environment stable with less chance of the qubits flipping between states.
Sundar Pichai and Daniel Sank with one of Google's quantum computers in Santa Barbara. In late 2019, Google announced it had achieved "quantum supremacy", when its quantum computer became the first to solve a calculation in less than four minutes that would have taken the world’s most powerful supercomputer 10,000 years to complete.
Quantum computing could help solve everything from the mundane, such as finding the most efficient route, to huge breakthroughs in science, including creating new cancer treatments – or possibly even finding a cure for cancer.They may even one day answer questions about the origins of the universe and address mysteries of space and time. AFP
Quantum computers will also able to sort through reams of data on complicated subjects like climate change to predict how it will progress.
AFP
Sundar Pichai with one of Google's quantum computers in the Santa Barbara lab. A quantum computer can reduce a calculation that would ordinarily take years to minutes.
Quantum computers are able to process multiple possibilities at once, solving problems at a much faster rate.
A component of Google's Quantum Computer in the Santa Barbara lab. Today’s computers function using something called bits, which are arranged in a combination of ones and zeroes. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or "qubits", which mean they are capable of solving calculations a traditional computer could never answer. Reuters
Quantum computers are as fragile as they are complex. They require an ultra-cold temperature to operate, keeping the environment stable with less chance of the qubits flipping between states.
Sundar Pichai and Daniel Sank with one of Google's quantum computers in Santa Barbara. In late 2019, Google announced it had achieved "quantum supremacy", when its quantum computer became the first to solve a calculation in less than four minutes that would have taken the world’s most powerful supercomputer 10,000 years to complete.
Quantum computing could help solve everything from the mundane, such as finding the most efficient route, to huge breakthroughs in science, including creating new cancer treatments – or possibly even finding a cure for cancer.They may even one day answer questions about the origins of the universe and address mysteries of space and time. AFP
Quantum computers will also able to sort through reams of data on complicated subjects like climate change to predict how it will progress.
AFP