Rarely are things just as they seem, and the world of quantum computing lends itself better than most to that description. Described as a fundamental shift in our processing capabilities, quantum computing's development has accelerated incredibly in the past few years. Yet according to a research paper published in the journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, relevant quantum computing (the one that's usually referred to as running circles around even the most powerful classical computers) still requires groundbreaking discoveries in a number of areas before it can dethrone a mere graphics card.
The most surprising element in the paper is the conclusion that a number of applications will remain better suited for classical computing (rather than quantum computing) for longer than previously thought. The researchers say this is true even for quantum systems running across more than a million physical qubits, whose performance the team simulated as part of their research.
