Want the power of Quantum Computing at your finger tips? Well, IBM is allowing free access to their quantum processor online.
For those who don’t know what quantum computing is … here’s a quick blurb taken from Wikipedia.
“Quantum computing studies theoretical computation systems (quantum computers) that make direct use of quantum-mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. Quantum computers are different from digital electronic computers based on transistors.“
“IBM has made a functioning quantum processor available to the public over the internet. Quantum computing is widely seen as an evolution of computer technology, which may allow for much faster calculations than today’s machines.
The technology is still in its infancy, but one expert said it was a “small step” towards a useful quantum computer. IBM said it hoped to see processors up to 20 times larger in the next decade.
Traditional computers process all their information using bits – information stored in tiny transistors that can either be on or off – interpreted as values of one and zero.
Quantum computing instead takes advantage of a mechanic called superpositioning that allows quantum bits – or “qubits” – to have values of one, zero, or both at the same time.”
Source: BBC
