In December 2018 researchers at Google solved a problem on their best quantum computer, but a low end laptop computer could solve it too. In January of this yearan improved quantum computer solved a more complicated version of the problem that took a high end desktop computer to equal. By February they had to use Google's huge server network of conventional computers to do what the Quantum Computer did.
Granted the problem chosen in the above was picked not because it was useful but because it best highlighted what a Quantum Computer could do; nevertheless a counterpart of Moore's law for conventional computers has been proposed called Neven's Law named after the head of Google’s Quantum Artificial Intelligence lab Hartmut Neven. Neven's Law states that quantum computers are gaining computational power relative to conventional computers at a double exponential rate (2^(2)^2 , 2^(2)^3 , 2^(2)^4 , 2^(2)^5 ...) If it turns out that Neven's law is anywhere close to being true then hold on to your buts because we're in for a bumpy ride. A New Law to Describe Quantum Computing’s Rise? <https://www.quantamagazine.org/does-nevens-law-describe-quantum-computings-rise-20190618/> John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2_V96rRzU8EkbuKBxuM2NNNy_0bVS3zi9C4RQ_Oy%3DwYg%40mail.gmail.com.
