Nvidia claims breakthrough on path to GPU-based quantum computing
Quantum annealing systems could impact the finance and blockchain industries in a major way.
Nvidia researchers are claiming noteworthy progress in the quest to build a fully functional, commercially viable quantum computer based on supercomputer simulations conducted with graphical processing units (GPUs).
While progress toward the development of a useful quantum computer has been steady for decades, physicists are still split on exactly what path to take towards their ultimate creation.
Quantum computers function differently from their classical counterparts. The computers we use every day, such as the one you’re reading this article on, rely on binary switches to conduct computations. But their quantum cousins exploit the nature of physics, through the use of qubits, to conduct much more complex computations than ones and zeros alone are capable of.
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Author: Tristan Greene
