Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about
Scientists at Russia's International Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Technologies recently presented a new quantum computer to the nation's President Vladimir Putin, proclaiming it to be the"most powerful in Russia today."
That might sound ominous, but it's anything but. Likely to the relief of the US and its allies, the Russians appear to be a long way away from breaking modern encryption – one of quantum computing's more terrifying conclusions, assuming it's even possible in the first place. At 16 qubits, the quantum computer is absolutely tiny – at least compared to Western systems developed at IBM, Dwave, and others who have built quantum systems with hundreds of qubits.published by the state-run atomic energy company, Rosatom, Russia's quantum system uses a trapped-ion design and has been under development since 2015.claims researchers have"launched an algorithm for calculating a simple molecule," and demonstrated it running in real time.
"Our quantum computer, which is important, is already doing useful things – modeling molecules, and not doing scientific abstraction," wrote Ilya Semerikov, in aWhile quantum computing is still very much in its infancy, it's hoped that eventually the technology will accelerate many computationally demanding workloads – including drug discovery, material sciences, traffic congestion, supply chain, weather forecasting, and yes, cryptography.
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