Is This the Breakthrough Quantum Computing Has Been Waiting For?

摘要

The technology industry has spent decades trying to puzzle out the basis of a quantum computer. Such a machine, powered not by the simple on/off choreography of conventional transistors but by the ethereal forces of quantum mechanics, would allow for calculations on a scale inconceivable with today's fastest processors. Engineers, mathematicians, and scientists talking about the theoretical applications of quantum computers make them sound like magic wands-capable of unlocking huge troves of secrets about our physical world and advancing civilization in dramatic ways. If only we could build one.