Below is an excerpt from a talk given by an Intel
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Posted On: 01/09/2018 9:03:00 AM
Below is an excerpt from a talk given by an Intel big wig regarding the race for quantum computers.
Does this portend the end to clinical trials in the fairly near term horizon of 10 years or so?
'What are those impossible problems? Simulating the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs, simulating catalysts that speed up chemical reactions (which can lead to more energy-efficient applications) and breaking cryptography, Mike Mayberry, corporate vice president and managing director of Intel Labs told Fox News. Krzanich said one potential use is for research into better-quality materials, such as more efficient superconductors.
It’ll still be five years before quantum computing can tackle engineering problems and a decade or more before quantum computing can affect commercial industries, Mayberry said, but several companies are racing toward the day when commercial applications are commonplace. IBM announced earlier this year it had created its own 50-qubit processor, and Google released a blueprint for a 49-qubit system in fall 2017.'
Does this portend the end to clinical trials in the fairly near term horizon of 10 years or so?
'What are those impossible problems? Simulating the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs, simulating catalysts that speed up chemical reactions (which can lead to more energy-efficient applications) and breaking cryptography, Mike Mayberry, corporate vice president and managing director of Intel Labs told Fox News. Krzanich said one potential use is for research into better-quality materials, such as more efficient superconductors.
It’ll still be five years before quantum computing can tackle engineering problems and a decade or more before quantum computing can affect commercial industries, Mayberry said, but several companies are racing toward the day when commercial applications are commonplace. IBM announced earlier this year it had created its own 50-qubit processor, and Google released a blueprint for a 49-qubit system in fall 2017.'
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