The 5 things about Quantum Computing you need to know…

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Truth out…

I have been and around Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Sciences for a number of years now. I also have a computer science background which is only marginally helpful. This is because we are breaking new ground.

Here are my five things you should know about Qantum:

ONE: What are they really? Quantum Computers that is, as they are unlike anything we have seen before. They are different to Classical Computers in so many ways. They are an entirely new species of technology. So you might be asking, why all the fuss?

A simple answer is they offer ‘brute force’ computing that offers humanity for the first time the capability to processing complex things that cannot be contemplated on Classical Computers. So called ‘hard problems’. But they cannot do everything and there are many things they would be no good at doing. And yes they need Classical Computers alongside them. Their role to help break the problems down into management steps. Such as Integer Factorization - working backwards on large numbers using Shor’s Law to find the divisible integers. The achillies heel of all encryption of course.

Let us also not forget these amazing machines harness the power of atomic particles which is…