IBM just proved quantum computers can do things impossible for classical ones

A team of researchers from IBM, the University of Waterloo, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) today published the results of an experiment proving a quantum computer can do things a classical one cannot. This may be a watershed moment in the history of computer science. The term for a clear case in which a quantum computer can perform computations or run algorithms that no classical computer, now or in the conceivable future, could is “quantum advantage.” Until now, it’s never been achieved. Sure, there are algorithms that, theoretically couldn’t be run on a classical system. But none of…

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https://ift.tt/2q2fas4 Tristan Greene October 18, 2018 at 06:00PM