Quantum computing could bring new growth to New Mexico

Ivan Deutsch, a UNM professor of physics and astronomy, the director of the Center for Quantum Information and Control and the founding director of the Quantum New Mexico Institute, said that quantum computers store and transmit information at a much smaller scale, allowing for more complex computational function than conventional computers. 

“Quantum computing is a particular paradigm whereby we can compute by harnessing the physics of the microscopic world,” Deutsch said. “If we could do it, we could process information in incredibly powerful ways that aren’t possible with our computers of today.”

It is still uncertain what a quantum computer looks like, but various companies — including IBM, Google, Amazon and Quantinuum — have different designs, Deutsch said. It remains an arms race to see which designs will become most scalable, profitable and popular. 

By Addison Fulton via New Mexico Daily Lobo

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