Google Quantum Supremacy Problem Involved Random Number Sampling | NextBigFuture.com
| Date | 21st, Sep 2019 |
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| Source | NextBigFuture - Scientific News Websites |
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An important milestone for quantum computers seems to have been reached with Google using a quantum computer to solve a problem 1 billion times faster than the fastest supercomputer in the world. This could be the beginning of quantum supremacy. Quantum supremacy is when quantum computers become faster than regular computers. However, quantum supremacy will be for certain classes of problems. If you think of difficult mathematical problems as searching through mountainous terrain for an answer then quantum computers are better when the answer comes faster from tunneling through mountains instead of going around. If the problems are easy then