Quantum computing requires strategic preparation before commercial adoption

By José Tadeu Arantes | Agência FAPESP – Quantum computers are already being built and tested on an experimental scale.

We’ve managed to build them, test them, develop algorithms, and conduct small-scale experiments, but we still don’t have viable quantum computers for productive commercial use.

“Our main goal is to discover which problems quantum computing will make a difference in, so that we can invest quickly and effectively,” she said.

One particularly interesting outcome of the strategy was the discovery that researching quantum computing can yield benefits even when the optimal solution is classical rather than quantum.

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