In 2020, Chinese scientists tapped a quantum computer to run a math problem that would’ve taken a typical supercomputer 2.5 billion years to solve. Quantum computing holds the potential to transform how we interact with nature. It could hyperfast-track drug discovery by rapidly sifting through molecular structures, IBM has partnered with Cleveland Clinic to explore. Even manufacturing companies such as BMW have entered the quantum game because it could perfect materials science and rewrite the framework for artificial intelligence. Most current quantum processors are the driving force behind the quantum computing revolution. But what would be an attempt to judge how far along the quantum timeline we are currently, Mark Webber, a quantum architect at English startup Universal Quantum, says Mark Markber, is not quite sure. . . .
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