Quantum Computing and the Importance of Interconnects
James Stanier Clarke · 2018
Quantum computing is an emerging compute technology that holds the promise of exponential speedup compared to classical computing for certain applications. Relatively small numbers of logical quantum bits, or qubits, could outperform the largest of supercomputers. For many universities, companies, and governments, this is akin to a modern space race or moon shot. Applications in the areas of chemistry, medicine, machine learning, and cryptography may be enabled with quantum computers where a classical computer could not accomplish the task on any realistic timescale.