The race is on for quantum computing, and IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Intel, as well as startups like Rigetti, IonQ and D-wave are coming in hot.
"We ask, what does it mean to make these systems accessible to people?" Bob Sutor, vice president of IBM Q Strategy and Ecosystem, told Business Insider.
The computers we're used to represent data as a string of 1's or 0's — that's why they call it binary code. However, a quantum computer can represent data as either a 1, a 0, or, importantly, both at the same time. Similarly, a quantum computer would be able to muscle its way through the trickiest, most time-consuming problems, sifting tremendous amounts of financial, pharmaceutical, or climatological data to come up with optimized answers. Indeed, quantum startup D-Wave is already working with Volkswagen to analyze traffic patterns and sift all that tremendous noise for some useful insights.
IBM Research staff member Katie Pooley examines a cryostat, which helps quantum computers stay at cold temperaturesOne big sticking point is just in terms of raw power. Quantum supremacy is expected to require a computer with 50 qubits. While that milestone has been reached in the lab, it's not quite stable enough to maintain. Indeed, qubits can be both error-prone and unstable, presenting another challenge in not only generating them, but making them more useful.
Another catch is that quantum computers have the undeniable potential to provide unforeseen computing power. But there aren't many people in this world who actually have experience coding or managing these systems,BMW and Goldman Sachs are investing millions in a new kind of supercomputing that could change the world.
"It allows us to build a quantum computer that solves problems and to continually make progress over large problems," Mark Johnson, vice president of processor design and development and quantum products at D-Wave, told Business Insider.
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