• Question: How long do you think it will be before you will be able to build a quantum computer?

    Asked by BriocheIsBae to Euan on 20 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by 297eadf47.
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      Euan Allen answered on 20 Jun 2016:

      Great question BriochelsBae.

      We can already build a very small quantum computer, but it’s not very powerful at all (the hardest problem we’ve been able to do is calculate that 3 times 5 is 15)! I think it will be at least 10 years before we can build a quantum computer that will be able to compete with our current classical computers. That’s the exciting part though, we just don’t quite know when the big breakthrough will occur!

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