What's Going on with Near-Term Quantum Computing?

Abstract

So quantum computing is a new architecture for computing that's being developed, and the idea is that we're switching out classical bits for quantum bits. And then the question is, what's a quantum bit? And a quantum bit is very similar to a classical bit but uses quantum mechanics to have an infinite number of states, and then once you measure it, it collapses down into either a zero or one, just like in classical bits. But this explosion into infinite states gives us a couple of different unique properties that we can leverage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1145836

Entities

People

  • Daniel Justice
  • Jason M. Larkin
  • Ritwik Gupta

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Materials
  • Quantum Algorithms
  • Quantum Bits
  • Quantum Circuits
  • Quantum Computers
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Shor'S Algorithm

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing