According to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the first "practically useful" quantum computers will appear in 5-10 years.
According to Bloomberg, a top executive of the popular search engine recalled Google's recent breakthrough in quantum technology during a speech at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
According to him, this breakthrough was made with the help of the new Willow chip: the supercomputer equipped with it calculated the problem that would have taken other supercomputers "more time than the age of the Universe" in 5 minutes. «The quantum moment reminds me of where AI was in the 2010s, when we were working on Google Brain and the early progress," Pichai said.
The publication also noted that quantum computers significantly increase the speed and volume of processed data, as well as allow modeling complex systems, more accurately predict the outcomes of various scenarios, and break existing encryption systems, but this technology is currently used mainly for research.
At the same time, after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's statement about excessive market expectations from quantum computing technology, on January 8, 2025, shares of Quantum Computing Inc. and other quantum computing companies fell by 19%-30%. Huang also believes that "very useful" quantum computers are likely to appear in a decade.
| Reference: Quantum computer — is a physical computing device whose operation is based on the principles of quantum mechanics, in particular, the principle of superposition and the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. A quantum computer differs from a conventional computer, in particular, in that a classical computer operates with data encoded in binary digits (bits), each of which is always in one of two states (0 or 1), while a quantum computer uses quantum bits (qubits) that can be in a superposition of states. The information-theoretic model of such a computing device is the quantum Turing machine, or quantum computer, which was developed by David Deutsch in 1985. Currently, research in the field of quantum computing is one of the priorities of science funding in the world. |
As we wrote earlier, in the next 10 years, Bitcoin may face the biggest threat that many crypto investors ignore - quantum computing, a technology that could allow attackers to break encryption and steal cryptocurrency much more easily.