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Why has the line gone dead on quantum computing news/hype? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by Krudler@lemmy.world to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world
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It feels like 6 months ago, I couldn't go a few hours without being exposed to some new wild claims from Microsoft or Google, or any of the other companies working on this. Lately nothing comes up in any of my feeds.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Aren't they theoretically very good at breaking encryption? That seems like a pretty big deal imo

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 4 points 1 week ago

That’s exactly the section of math loosing their mind on the topic 😂

There is still quite a divide between the needed computational power and the available one, though.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There is a proposed Shor's Algorithm. To use a sloppy analogy, this arrangement would be the equivalent to fully planning out a trip to the center of the Earth, just waiting for the digging machine to be done and we're groovy.

Worth a read; Emphasis mine:

...quantum algorithm for finding the prime factors of an integer. It was developed in 1994 by the American mathematician Peter Shor

...It is one of the few known quantum algorithms with compelling potential applications

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