About the Book: Quantum Computing Hot Science
Computer technology has improved exponentially over the last 50 years. But the
headroom for bigger and better electronic solutions is running out. Our best
hope is to engage the power of quantum physics. 'Quantum algorithms had already
been written long before hardware was built. These would enable, for example, a
quantum computer to exponentially speed up an information search, or to crack
the mathematical trick behind internet security. However, making a quantum
computer is incredibly difficult. Despite hundreds of laboratories around the
world working on them, we are only just seeing them come close to 'supremacy
where they can outperform