ISRC Future Technology Briefing: Quantum Computing

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ISRC Future Technology BriefingQuantum Computing
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Why Quantum Computing?

• Question How do you handle increasing demand for
  computational power?
• Current answer Moores Law

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Why Quantum Computing?

• Question what happens when we hit the physical
  limit of Moores Law?
• Future answer There are 2 possibilities

Optical Computers or Quantum Computers
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Classical Computers
Quantum Computers

• Information is in the form of a digital bit, 0 or
  1

• Information is in the form of a qubit, 0, 1, and
  any value in between at the same time

0
1
Also known as superposition
0
1
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5) Pole pieces, magnets, and iron ore ensure that
this process is completed without disturbance
from the environment
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What are the Benefits?

• Increased computing power
• Factoring a number with 400 digits
• Supercomputers billions of years
• Quantum computers within a year
• Security advances
• Keys exchanged in private
• No eavesdropper can obtain private key

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More Benefits Teleportation

• In theory
• If we can manipulate atoms, we can take them
  apart and put them together
• We can take apart objects and put them together
  in a separate place
• In practice
• Better network communication
• Senders and receivers can exchange perfectly
  produced information

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What are the risks?

• Security problems..what if I have it and you
  dont?
• Universal constructors that can take materials
  apart and rebuild them2001, a Space Odyssey?
• Change occurring too quickly

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A Timeline of Implementation Quantum Computing
and Beyond

• Quantum computing
• Some scientists claim that they will begin when
  Moores law ends, 2020
• Others say it will be three decades or more
• Beyond quantum computing
• Nanomachines
• DNA computing

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How Can I Be Involved Today?

• Look at your current processing of
  data..efficient?
• Look at your security systemsdo you look beyond
  the horizon?
• Look at your long-run expectationsare you
  meeting demand?

The nineteenth century was known as the machine
age, the twentieth century will go down in
history as the information age. I believe the
twenty-first century will be the quantum age.
Paul Davies