| Wiped said: So basically, it rewrites the fundamental laws that our comtemporary computers work with, to make them better, but we'll have to develop them from the ground up all over again - but once we do, because the system is much better at its core (qubits beat bits) when we do, they'll be much faster? K. Sounds cool. |
As I understand it, quantum computers can't actually replace conventional computers. There are certain problems you're going to want an old-fashioned computer to solve, and there are other ones you'll want a quantum computer to solve.
Think of it kind of like a GPU. It's extremely good at calculating a specialized set of problems related to 3D imaging, but it's not very good at general computations. The PC of the future might have a quantum processing unit, but it will probably still come with a CPU at the heart of things.
Part of the important research on quantum computers will be figuring out exactly what kinds of applications it's well-suited for.
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