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Nature 440, 398-401 (23 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440398a; Published online 22 March 2006
2020 computing: Champing at the bits
Philip Ball1
- Philip Ball is a consultant editor forNature.
Abstract
Despite some remaining hurdles, the mind-bending and frankly weird world of quantum computers is surprisingly close. Philip Ball finds out how these unusual machines will earn their keep.
Five years ago, if you'd have asked anyone working in quantum computing how long it would take to make a genuinely useful machine, they'd probably have said it was too far off even to guess. But not any longer.
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