Ready for the next leg?

• Autores: Graeme Malcolm
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3165, 2018, págs. 22-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Malcolm focuses on the rise of standard digital computers and the potential of quantum computing despite the volatility and uncertainty of timeliness with development often longer than predicted. One hopeful sign is that scientists and companies are making big investments coming from the likes of IBM, Google, Intel and Microsoft and show they think this technology can provide a step change key to their growth. Why is quantum computing worth pursuing? The reason is the quantum bit or qubit. Unlike a digital binary bit, which can only be on or off, a qubit can be "on" or "off", both "on" and "off", and neither "on" nor "off". When entangled with other qubits, quantum technology allows for exponentially more processing power than binary systems.