The IBM scientists also questioned the use of the James Bond-esque term “quantum supremacy,” which seems to imply that classical computers are about to become obsolete. Classical computers encode information in “bits,” an electrical or optical pulse that can represent either a 0 or 1. ADThe quantum worldThe possibilities presented by quantum computing are what entice companies and governments to keep plugging away at it. Last year, President Trump signed into law the National Quantum Initiative Act, which establishes research centers to focus on quantum information science. Biologists might use quantum computers to understand natural processes far too complex for classical machines to simulate.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 08:26 UTC