Peter Cochrane: Quantum computing - a return to analogue computers?
Quantum computers are neither stable enough nor powerful enough to achieve very much at all at the moment, warns Professor Peter Cochrane - but could one day provide a cure for cancer
As an undergraduate I studied analogue and digital computing in equal measure as both were in common use in industry at the time, but had yet to find their way into commerce. After graduation I also enjoyed...
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