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Which is faster quantum computer or supercomputer?
But what is a quantum computer? In 2019, Google’s quantum computer did a calculation in less than four minutes that would take the world’s most powerful computer 10,000 years to do. This makes Google’s quantum computer about 158 million times faster than the world’s fastest supercomputer.
How powerful can quantum computers get?
Google announced it has a quantum computer that is 100 million times faster than any classical computer in its lab. Every day, we produce 2.5 exabytes of data. That number is equivalent to the content on 5 million laptops. That’s why the inside of D-Wave Systems’ quantum computer is -460 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is the processing power of a quantum computer?
Computational power for quantum computers goes as 2^n, where n is the number of qubits. It can be roughly shown via a linear graph that the amount of qubits on superconducting chips doubles about every six months as a function of time (2016-2018). So the processing power increases yearly as 2^(2^n).
Is quantum computing the end of supercomputers?
Scientists have said that quantum computing will not be the end of supercomputers, or any other classical computer for that matter. Hartmut Neven, one of the researchers who developed Google’s quantum machine, said quantum computers will serve as “accelerators” for traditional machines.
What is quantquantum computing?
Quantum computing begins right where supercomputers’ capabilities end. Quantum machines don’t follow the standard rules of physics. While traditional computers stick to the “If this, then that” logic, quantum machines can explore endless possibilities with their “If this, then that, or both” logic.
What unleashes the power of quantum computers?
What really unleashes the power of quantum computers is when you start combining qubits together. Let’s start small to illustrate this. Imagine you have 3 classical bits to store some information. This information is actually a bit string, e.g. 010. It is easy to represent this information, because well… I actually just wrote it down.
How can we benchmark the development of quantum computers?
In the meantime, researchers are trying to benchmark the development effort by finding problems that today’s nascent quantum computers can perform more efficiently than the most powerful conventional computers. One task that clearly lends itself to a quantum computer is calculating the output of “random quantum circuits” (RQC).