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A quantum computing future is unlikely, due to random hardware errors

  • Written by Subhash Kak, Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University
A quantum computing future is unlikely, due to random hardware errorsWill quantum computers ever reliably best classical computers?Amin Van/Shutterstock.comA quantum computing future is unlikely, due to random hardware errorsArtist’s rendition of the Google processor.Forest Stearns, Google AI Quantum Artist in Residence, CC BY-ND

Google announced this fall to much fanfare that it had demonstrated “quantum supremacy” – that is, it performed a specific quantum...

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