Quantum v. Classical computing.
March 18, 2022 at 7:15 am
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2022 at 7:20 am by Jehanne.)
With all the hubbub regarding quantum computing, as an IT worker with 30 years in the field, I am skeptical of quantum computers ever surpassing classical computers in anything. For instance, IBM around ten years ago got around to factoring the number 15 with a quantum computer.
A Google search right now found 1,099,551,473,989 as the largest factored number. I just put that into the Factor Calculator program available from the Google Play store on my Samsung A71 phone. I was not sure about the computational time, and was worried that such might take hours; I have to leave for work soon! The result came back instantaneously: 1,048,589 multiplied by 1,048,601.
Of course, I am not a specialist in this area, but, neither am I a futurist. As always, I am open to change, and, especially, in being proved wrong.
A Google search right now found 1,099,551,473,989 as the largest factored number. I just put that into the Factor Calculator program available from the Google Play store on my Samsung A71 phone. I was not sure about the computational time, and was worried that such might take hours; I have to leave for work soon! The result came back instantaneously: 1,048,589 multiplied by 1,048,601.
Of course, I am not a specialist in this area, but, neither am I a futurist. As always, I am open to change, and, especially, in being proved wrong.
