boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIBM releases first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chipwww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down19
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minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThey’re not for running games faster, but they could potentially find two large prime factors pretty fast.
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down10·11 months ago … potentially … Useless today, unknown tomorrow.
minus-squaresethboy66@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoI have personally written code for quantum computers to save time due to algorithmic complexity; I was a college student at the time. So if their usefulness is stuck in the unknowable future then I’m a time traveler.
They’re not for running games faster, but they could potentially find two large prime factors pretty fast.
Useless today, unknown tomorrow.
I have personally written code for quantum computers to save time due to algorithmic complexity; I was a college student at the time.
So if their usefulness is stuck in the unknowable future then I’m a time traveler.