Peter Cochrane: Much of what we're told about quantum computing is nonsense

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Inside the IBM Q System One quantum computer
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Inside the IBM Q System One quantum computer

Articles and presentations on quantum computing are often completely wrong, warns Professor Peter Cochrane

I keep reading articles and attending presentations detailing what quantum computers will do for us. The snag is that over 90 per cent of the claims are wrong, and I don't mean in a small way: they...

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