QUANTUM COMPUTING
The future is here again
Did you know the term computer “bug” was created when the users
of one of the first computers, which were as big as a room, were
struggling with a malfunction and found that it was caused by as
moth that was sitting on one of the huge computer chips. Skip to
today and you’ll find more that the average smart phone has more
than 10x the computing power of the computer that sent the Apollo
space craft into space.
The word of computing is making another major leap forward with
the invention of quantum computing. Basically normal computers
work with binary bits, which can be either 0 or 1. Quantum
computers work with qubits, which take the form of a vector and
thus can on far more forms. The results is that quantum computers
should be leaps and bounds faster than normal computers and can
tackle far more complex problems.
Normal PC’s follow conventional calculation methods that humans
can perform while quantum computers, thanks to the principal of
superposition, use methods human minds could not fully handle.
Unfortunately these PC’s are still in development by several
technology giants and aren’t quite ready for the public.
Still, this is a positive move. This means that, in a few years, you
and I will have the power of quantum mechanics in our PC’s.
Imagine a PC that could finish any task in the blink of an
eye…could be fun.
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