Quantum Computing
By Sunil Kumar
As conventional computing gets limited, physicists have long sought to use the bizarre workings of quantum mechanics to achieve mind-boggling leaps in power.
Researchers from Harvard and the Weizmann Institute of Technology in Israel published a paper that describes a technique for two quantum bits(or qubits) to operate in a predictable and coordinated way, a step towards a working quantum computer. This consists of a pair of entangled atoms, that transmit information to each other via single photons.
Quantum computing is set to revolutionize conventional chip-based computing, if it moves from the realm of theory to feasible systems. Massive tasks can get easier.
