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Quantum Computing: The Global Race Intensifies

By Dick Weisinger

How far are we away from practical quantum computing? Most scientists say at least a decade. Alastair Williams, science journalist, for example, recently asked rhetorically on Medium: “How long until that future [of practical quantum computers] arrives? Most current quantum

Quantum Computing: A Revolution in Computing

By Dick Weisinger

Encryption as we know it is destined for obsolescence over the next decade. The World Economic Forum said that “the sheer calculating ability of a sufficiently powerful and error-corrected quantum computer means that public-key cryptography is ‘destined to fail,’ and

Quantum Computing: Are the Optimists Right?

By Dick Weisinger

Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize the computing, bringing an exponential order of magnitude gain in speed over the computing power of today’s most capable computers. The potential is there. But there are problems and naysayers that doubt we’ll

Quantum Computing: Researchers Evaluate Algorithms that Quantum-Proof Encryption

By Dick Weisinger

The development of ultra-fast quantum computers may bring the end of encryption techniques used commonly today. While it’s not impossible to decrypt data stored by today’s encryption algorithms, it isn’t practical. Encryption security is based on the fact that the

Quantum Computing: Qubits Based on Artificial Atoms Prove to be Stable

By Dick Weisinger

Today’s computers are based on the the idea of bits that are either in a 0 or 1 state. The states of the standard bits in computer hard drive storage are controlled by magnetism. Research in quantum computing is investigating