Quantum computing developments over the past 12 months, including reports of progress at IBM, Google, Intel, Microsoft and Atom Computing.
My 2022 Update, with a big focus on the IBM Roadmap, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SORSZ9Je-8g
And my 2021 Update, with details of photonic quantum computing, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRKc_ilWcao
You can also find more information and links on the ExplainingComputers 'Quantum Computing' page:
https://www.explainingcomputers.com/quantum.html
REFERENCES (in order of occurrence in the video)
Microsoft Azure quantum:
https://azure.microsoft.com/products/quantum/
Amazon Bracket quantum computing as a service (QCaaS):
https://aws.amazon.com/braket/
Amazon Bracket pricing:
https://aws.amazon.com/braket/pricing/
Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab:
https://aws.amazon.com/quantum-solutions-lab/
Microsoft Quantum Roadmap:
https://quantum.microsoft.com/en-us/our-story/quantum-roadmap
IBM unveils Osprey quantum processor:
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2022-11-09-IBM-Unveils-400-Qubit-Plus-Quantum-Processor-and-Next-Generation-IBM-Quantum-System-Two
D-Wave Advantage quantum computer:
https://www.dwavesys.com/solutions-and-products/systems/
John Preskill paper that introduced the term 'NISQ':
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.00862.pdf
IBM Quantum Computer Demonstrates Next Step Towards Moving Beyond Classical Supercomputing':
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2023-06-14-IBM-Quantum-Computer-Demonstrates-Next-Step-Towards-Moving-Beyond-Classical-Supercomputing
Related article in Nature on 'Evidence for the utility of quantum computing before fault tolerance':
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06096-3
Google progress toward quantum error correction:
https://blog.google/inside-google/message-ceo/our-progress-toward-quantum-error-correction/
And see also:
https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/02/suppressing-quantum-errors-by-scaling.html
Related article in Nature on 'Suppressing quantum errors by scaling a surface code logical qubit':
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05434-1
Intel releases Tunnel Falls quantum research processor:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/quantum-computing-chip-to-advance-research.html#gs.350ljr
Atom Computing (neutral atom qubit pioneers):
https://atom-computing.com/
Atom Computing Technical White Paper (not that technical, great publication):
https://atom-computing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Atom-Computing-Atomic-Arrays.pdf
Microsoft Azure Quantum:
https://quantum.microsoft.com/
Microsoft March 2022 news release on topological quantum computing
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/azure-quantum-majorana-topological-qubit/
Microsoft November 2022 news release on topological data and simulations publication:
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/quantum/2022/11/17/microsofts-quantum-machine-new-data-available-today/
Microsoft quantum technology overview:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/solutions/quantum-computing/technology/#overview
Microsoft quantum resources:
https://quantum.microsoft.com/#explore-quantum-resources
Microsoft Azure Quantum Elements announcement:
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/azure-quantum-elements-chemistry-materials-science
Azure Quantum Elements:
https://quantum.microsoft.com/en-us/our-story/quantum-elements-overview
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:59 Beyond NISQ
07:50 Qubit Technologies
13:41 The Quantum Race
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The main contribution of QC will be moving semiconductor integration downto the atom realm level and new material developments. In the long run both will melt or converge into one. In fact, Quantum physics is a simplification of the real atom scale world that only works with the simplest of atoms, H (Hydrogen and H2(+)), are the only ones with an exact solution. Quantum physics explains everything but solves nothing. At present all companies want to stay there just in case there's a sudden progress and will not bite the dust of quick development. You have a deep knowledge on how "real" computers work and have evolved, and unless you need gambling, speculation, encrypting, fuzzy logic, AI, etc, real computing needs not uncertainties in the results.
@cthoadmin7458 Says:
250 years of chemistry in 25? If that turns out to be true, it would be extraordinary enough in it's own right, let alone how other fields of science might develop with the same technology.
@kurjategija Says:
Customer: "Help, my CPU is hitting 107° when idle!"
Tech support: "Don't worry babe, it's a quantum computer so it's also at 0°."
@neovoid5008 Says:
Image the kinds of game bugs you'll get when playing on a quantum computer. One moment your running into a wall then another you suddenly quantum tunneled to the other side.
@ekstasiqX Says:
Very interesting subject matter, I look forward towards what this will lead us to
@akierum Says:
Seems like another money laundering scheme like moon landing etc those lines.
@jeffreyedwards767 Says:
Mortals ,get to work
@bigmikesexcellentadventure6702 Says:
I can kinda wrap my head around how software on a normal computer can use 0’s and 1’s or on and off bits to solve problems - but how in the heck to do even write software for a quantum computer where the bits are both on and off ? Lol
@neurogence Says:
😮that’s all I got to say
@koysdo Says:
materials and new manufacturing techniques, that’s where I agree with you on where this new technology will help us
@AndrewCengiz Says:
Will quantum computers, in the wrong hands, be able to hack traditional computer security with ease? If so, how could traditional computers co-exist with computers that strip them of all security?
@gringo1723 Says:
ANOTHER ONE! What makes these BOZOS think they are entertaining, by filling our screens with BORING BLAH BLAH and GOOFY BODY LANGUAGE?????
Consider staying OFF SCREEN and stop feeding Your sense of self importance! The Material is worthy of being SEPARATED from YOUR EGO NEEDS!
@fifty8337 Says:
so does it run windows 11 or 12?
@thanoscube8573 Says:
absolutely marvelous indeed, how the times change is incredible
@thecrankyman Says:
I like how we happily repeat "Quantum Superposition" which is "the ability of a quantum system to be in multiple states at the same time until it is measured" without finding the statement not at all particularly troubling. You know, like a space voodoo.
@AntonioMooreworldleaderSerious Says:
Good morning plagiarizing students
@patrickbutler9185 Says:
The statements by some parties of bettering the human existence with quantum computing is commendable but it won't have much leverage in certain hostile countries. More like derision. We shall have a bumpy ride into the future.
@gmxmatei Says:
3 * 5 = 15 only in 49% of cases.
@rmcgraw7943 Says:
To clarify, those companies all have simulated quantum computers, which process information in qubits as theorized, but quantum computers have yet to ACTUALLY be built. I feel certain that they will some hopefully become a reality, especially with the progress in ion traps and topological analysis for measuring entangled particle states with collapsing them, but we’ll have to wait and see. Nevertheless, you can access these cloud service provider services if you want to invest time and resources on the presumptions of theory.
@AMan-NotHuman Says:
I feel like we're reaching a point where the quintessential computer will be some combination of ALL computing styles. Can't wait to slot in a "'Ryzen 12 Quantum™️' 9950X4D" CPU next to my "'Geforce AIRTX™️' 6080 TI" GPU in 2025
@HakWilliams Says:
I'm still skeptical.
@michaelryding2409 Says:
This was just so good, thank you very much for continuing this series. The emphasis on advances in chemistry informing material science make so much sense. Your closing summary of the seperation of digital and quantum using an example of a future mobile phone and battery was inspired and for me an unlocking moment. Great work.
@t43562 Says:
The implication of widespread quantum computer use is that all current public key mechanisms become useless and all our internet transactions become insecure. All our previously signed documents can no longer be trusted. There may be replacement algorithms and methods but they are not finalised and we will have a nasty time converting the huge infrastructure that we have to make use of quantum proof signatures etc.
@l.lawliet164 Says:
I have a sensation that photonic qubits are more interesting for begin more naturally stable and cheaper to test... still looks at least some decades away... we have only 400 qubits and we need at least 1 million. Ai have the same reliability problem 🙃
@CanadianUrbanFarmer Says:
good job on making this video, not to complicated and straight to the point, i'm a creator and not great at coding, if i was a hacker i would hack the local legion in my neighbourhood and drop money into their account for support, i'm not a hacker and won't i'll just donate some money to my fellow canadian vets who helped protect our country, on christmas as every year i donate rather than buy gifts for friends, i see my friends alot but our canadian hero's are not honoured enough as they should
@skizzysmith1146 Says:
when I was 13, I collected all sorts of broken computers. I had tons of them, filled my wardrobe and chest of drawers and boxes under my bed. so I took all the best bits, and made a quantum computer, about the size of my wardrobe. I had some lasers from school, and a friend gave me a car boot load of secret stuff I can't tell you about. after a year and 7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days, I finished it. I turned it on and it gave me 7 mars bars and 22 kit kats and 0.65 kilos of spangles.😊 I will re program it as I like Toblerone. thanks for your video, but you don't mention chocolate?
@toymaker3474 Says:
sey to break the news, but their is no such thing as qm. read steinmetz
@Duncan_1971 Says:
You wouldn't need a quantum computer to open your garage door or the gate to your driveway. That's down to Moore's law but Quantum computers are going to solve problems that traditional computers would take ages to solve so as a programmer one day soon I'll farm out difficult problems to a quantum co-processor and field the results in C# or C++ or Java.
@DirkB4 Says:
blackhole-jet-sub-particles in atoms create minuscule blackholes within particles which makes them spin and vibrate at unmeasurable speeds.. this is to us the on and off state in a vibrating state we see because it is so fast..
@michaelpcoffee Says:
I have yet to see a description of how a quantum computer can produce a verifiable correct result.
They are just fast true random number generators.
@Bingo-Finance Says:
Thank you, AH
@Kevin-p2l5b Says:
Okay.
@Xune2000 Says:
Ok, but what is a quantum and how does it computer?
@rendermanpro Says:
CPU, GPU... AND QPU cards would be interesting time. But I assume that there dramatic changes in algirithms and software development. Even if you will have hardware it's supposed to be a software to run on it
@Amanda-cd6dm Says:
There's no such thing as man so I don't believe anything any of you say
@khurrammahmood2592 Says:
Good
@emptiester Says:
I reject the logic that demos are evidence of a functional project. Id expect more from a programmer. Look at self driving cars. They have demos. They have use cases. They will not see mass adoption anytime soon for general use. Lousy logic.
@alexj9111 Says:
A conventional computer wouldn't be able to find the wild strawberries in a branching country lane, but a quantum computer will go down both lanes at the same time guaranteeing it will.
@GARYINLEEDS Says:
Thanks for sharing, shared.
@larscarter7406 Says:
Light can be divided into many spectrums by a prism. Nothing can exceed the speed of light. There are many channels to recieve different kinds of light through optic cables maybe. What to do with lightspeed off and on switches? Filters can detect which spectrum of light passes through them? I never took a course about the speed of light, but, they say it cant be broken. Maybe light can be divided even though it travels at the same speed😂
@WoodstockG54 Says:
Every time I see a picture of a quantum computers, the remind me of really funky paper weights.
@peterdollins3610 Says:
Since there is a requirement for such high no-fault precision & these machines show far too little it'd be fatal to hold ones breath. Perhaps in 25 years?
@imshumari Says:
Other than environmental conditions or noise, what else can cause errors in quantum computing?
@JJSeattle Says:
Recommend x 2 speed, trust. A, it's a pandemic thing ;)
@grizzlycountry5539 Says:
Quantum computers won't replace home computers in next 50 years and most of us will be dead by then.
@robvandenheuvel128 Says:
Hi,
Thank you for an interesting post. I’m relatively new to the world of quantum computing, suffice to say - many of us appreciate the revolution that’s only a few steps away without fully understanding exactly how it works
I recently heard that programming languages used to write instructions to program QCs is different from traditional computers. I appreciate that the low level machine code (assembler) will be different. Am I right in suggesting that not all QC programmers will operate at the lowest level (machine code). In much the same way as traditional computers, will there be a variety of languages (3rd generation) used largely by application developers? If so, do these already exist?
Also, at the machine level, how will standard operations such as Boolean logic (and / or) be different to accommodate revolutions such as quantum superposition, entanglement and the likes
@SLIProfit Says:
to become godly
@synx6988 Says:
skip to 4 minutes to avoid the irrelevant rambling before he starts with the updates
@janetsekyibea1740 Says:
Informative with sources. The future is bright 🌞
@RichardAlsenz Says:
I have an MS in theoretical physicst. Planck's discovery in 1900 yielded him a Nobel Prize. E=hv is the Planck equation, and the h is a constant based on physical units which are defined by the Euclidean geometry, that geometry has embedded within it Euclid's assumption that a point has no part.
That is the origin of irratonality. That assertion means no human will ever see a point, and no human has ever seen a point. Humans who claim to see a point do not know the difference between a picture of a point and a point; those people are irrational humans. Most mathematicans, excluding Gauss, are irrational.
If you can show me an irrational number that can be written down, please post it in your response to me:?) Planck's equation contains the irrationality of Eucli,d, and it does not remove the irrationality of Euclid.
Therefore, no human can build a quantum computer based on Planck's assumption. Planck's irrationality can be removed from Planck's equation by replacing h with a/g, where both a and g are rational numbers that humans observe. The Alsenz/Gauss rational rotating vortex geometry is the geometry humans observe. It is E=(a/b) {f=1/Tp}. This is the state equation of the Electric field, and it is the geometry of physics that humans observe.
It appears that some irrational humans now think they can build an irrational computer, good luck.
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