What the Heck is Quantum Computing?

Jeffrey Welser of IBM Research explains quantum computing and the big refrigerator next to him. Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat interviewed Welser about it at the Semicon West show in San Francisco, where IBM showed off its IBM Q System’s cooling unit for its quantum processor.

How Quantum Computers Could Change the World

The reality of subatomic level is different than the reality we are familiar.

One of the possibilities includes the ability of such particles to communicate with each other instantly, from afar (called entanglement).

Quantum computers can find solutions much faster than classical computers. Such may solve problems that cannot be evaluated by classical systems since quantum computers can analyze exponentially more complex data and at much faster rates.

We are still in the infancy of analyzing subatomic particles and the promise of this technology will not be realized for a number of years.

How Quantum Computing Works

Quantum computing can solve problems that would take classic computer a lifetime to process. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, that researchers believe will be able to process information exponentially faster than any computer we have today. Researchers also believe that quantum computing will help humanity solve some of the toughest problems facing our existence. This video also discusses topological qubits, which are considered to be more stable.