Math Weenie Alert: Congress Passes $1.2 Billion Quantum Computing Bill

[chuckiechan]

https://futurism.com/the-byte/quantum-computing-bill-congress

If there’s one thing U.S. politicians can almost unanimously agree on, it’s apparently the importance of quantum computing.

On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 348-11 to pass the National Quantum Initiative Act, a bill designed to streamline and accelerate the nation’s quantum computing efforts. The bill had already received unanimous approval in the Senate, and its next stop is the desk of President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign the act into law.

If that happens, the U.S. will devote more than $1.2 billion to quantum computing research and development over the next five years.

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https://futurism.com/quantum-computer-first-practical

The goal is to create the world’s first practical quantum computer — one that goes beyond a proof-of-concept and actually outperforms the best classical computers out there — from the ground up.

A little background: there are a few key differences between a classical computer and a quantum computer. Where a classic computer uses bits that are either in a 0 or 1 state, quantum bits, or qubits, can also be both 1 and 0 at the same time. The quantum circuits that use these qubits to transfer information or carry out a calculation are called quantum logic gates; just as a classic circuit controls the flow of electricity within a computer’s circuitry, these gates steer the individual qubits via photons or trapped ions.

I'm glad to see we are going for it. I don't have much to say because it such a complicated area, there isn't much I can say. I'm just pleased to see our priorities getting straight. And I hope they spend some time seeing if China has any math tech worth stealing back. Either way, quantum computing is one of those mysteries that can advance the performance and security of computing. It is a necessary area of research that has to be settled once and for all: Even if it can be shown to work, can it be make to be practical.

I hope its not the computer version of cold fusion where a breakthrough has been "around the corner for fifty years".

 

[PirateMk1]

https://futurism.com/the-byte/quantum-computing-bill-congress



A better analysis is here:
https://futurism.com/quantum-computer-first-practical



I'm glad to see we are going for it. I don't have much to say because it such a complicated area, there isn't much I can say. I'm just pleased to see our priorities getting straight. And I hope they spend some time seeing if China has any math tech worth stealing back. Either way, quantum computing is one of those mysteries that can advance the performance and security of computing. It is a necessary area of research that has to be settled once and for all: Even if it can be shown to work, can it be make to be practical.

I hope its not the computer version of cold fusion where a breakthrough has been "around the corner for fifty years".

We already have quantum computers for sale.
https://www.dwavesys.com/home

 

[chuckiechan]

We already have quantum computers for sale.
https://www.dwavesys.com/home

They may have shown the way making a full court press more attractive. It may be more like how computrrs in their infancy have blossomed into nearly every home.

 

[PirateMk1]

They may have shown the way making a full court press more attractive. It may be more like how computrrs in their infancy have blossomed into nearly every home.

This means they need to achieve above cryogenic temperatures quantum computing to make that happen. We shall see. I see light based computing to be a more interesting proposition verses quantum computing.