The company claimed to have achieved something called quantum supremacy, using a new type of “quantum” computer to perform a benchmark test in 200 seconds. Just as the internet as we know it followed the development of computers, we can expect the quantum computer to be accompanied by the safer, better synchronized quantum internet. Like quantum computing, quantum communication records information in what are known as qubits, similar to the way digital systems use bits and bytes. But how could this quantum internet be built anytime soon when we currently can only build very limited quantum computers? Well, the devices in the quantum internet don’t have to be completely quantum in nature, and the network won’t require massive quantum machines to handle the communication protocols.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 19, 2020 14:37 UTC