Quantum computing could change the face of computing over the coming decades, especially when it comes to quickly solving certain classes of problems such as optimization, code cracking (cryptography), and machine learning. Google and Lockheed Martin have already climbed aboard the bandwagon, each purchasing and now experimenting with a quantum computer from D-Wave Systems.
However, quantum computing and its reliance on...
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