Date29th, Oct 2019

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Here are the key milestones in the history of quantum computing, as well as New Scientist's predictions for the future 

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Technology 29 October 2019
Google's quantum computer

Google has developed a quantum computer

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Google says it has reached a milestone known as quantum supremacy, here are the quantum computing milestones that led to this point.

1980 – Paul Benioff describes the first quantum mechanical model of a computer, showing that quantum computers are theoretically possible.

1985 – David Deutsch develops the idea of a universal quantum computer: a way to mathematically understand what is possible on a quantum computer.

1994 – Peter Shor develops “Shor’s algorithm”, which would allow a quantum computer to factor large numbers much faster than the …

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