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A map of the business trends on Quantum Computing
Our mapping of the quantum computing topic across all industries: insights on current use cases and future opportunities.
#Quantum Computing
What is Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing is an evolving technology that will provide faster computational solutions to problems currently being handled only by supercomputers – or considered unsolvable with the present state of computer technology.
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum mechanics is the basis of Quantum Computing and refers to the scientific laws that affect the smallest dimension of nature: molecules, atoms and subatomic particles. At this level new physical phenomena arise (superposition, entanglement) and they can be used for computing – if carefully engineered into machines.
Quantum Computing
Today standard computers process information in bits, with each bit represented by a zero or one. Quantum computers, however, use quantum bits, or qubits, which can be zero, one or a mixture of zero and one (a so-called superposition). This can lead to extremely quick processing – meaning that calculations that are not possible using conventional computers are becoming a reality.
Types of Algorithms
Quantum computers can explore problems which are exponential in nature and are best suited to solving problems using three types of algorithms:
Optimization Algorithms: Finding the best solution with the least error from a multitude of possible solutions.
Sampling Algorithms: Finding values from data sets that allow generalizations about the distribution of the population.
Machine Learning Algorithms: Executing machine learning algorithms on a Quantum Computer leads to better algorithm processing and faster results.
A closer look into the “early adopter” industries
We use SONAR, our tool for quantified foresight that tracks topic occurrences within expert media articles, mass media, patents and scientific publications, to give you the latest insights on how different industries are dealing with the Quantum Computing opportunities and how far its real use cases have come.
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