Quantum Computing 2020 Update

Quantum computing review, including Google’s quantum supremacy claims, quantum cloud developments (QCaaS), trapped ion quantum computing, and a brief look at Python quantum coding!

Specific references for the content included in this video are as follows:

QUANTUM SUPREMACY:

QUANTUM CLOUD COMPUTING:

Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab:

Microsoft’s May 2020 announcement of Azure Quantum:

Microsoft Azure Quantum:

TRAPPED ION QUANTUM COMPUTING:

IonQ funding announcement, October 2019:

Honeywell Quantum Solutions:

QISKIT PYTHON CODING:

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Quantum basics
01:56 Quantum supremacy
05:19 Quantum cloud computing
08:10 Trapped ions
09:53 Quantum coding
11:09 Getting there!

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[davelowe]

Can I shamelessly plug my quantum computing discussion board? It's free, not for profit, part of my PhD...
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[derekfrost]

Microsoft are in. Now you can have several blue screens in an entangled state.. :)

[bradb]

One very minor correction I'd like to make: trapped-ion QCs don't really *need* to be supercooled, at least not in the same way that superconducting qubits do. With trapped ions, lower temperatures do help to suppress certain types of errors, but there are plenty of room temperature trapped ion quantum info experiments that can still achieve high fidelities. Also, the level of cooling used for trapped ions vs. superconducting qubits differs by a couple orders of magnitude. When people talk about supercooled trapped ion experiments, they usually mean something in the range of 3-4K, as opposed to say 10mK for superconducting. The former can be achieved with a simple liquid helium pump, while the latter requires multiple stages of cooling, only the first of which is liquid helium.

[BlenderRookie]

I look forward to the day a quantum GPU can render a scene in Blender using cycles and finish before it even begins. LOL

[MarkTheMorose]

I clicked 'Like'. In quantum terms, I also clicked Dislike, and both Like and Dislike. YouTube's algorithms will need updating for the QC age. They need it now.

[jonathanguillarme]

I am fallowing your channel for years, and I wanted to thank you for the amazing videos you are sharing with us. I really enjoy learning with you.

[DallasMike]

Fine work, as always, Christopher.

My chemical engineering education was back in the 1980s, when petrochemical companies were just beginning to make the transition from analog to digital. Not analog computers, mind you, but actual physical devices, like valves, that could handle all sorts of equations.

IBM described Quantum Supremacy so vaguely that it can always be met, or never be met. A bit like Schrödinger’s cat.

[BigWhoopZH]

This is old I already had a Quantum hard disk in my Amiga in 1989.

[JoseFco_]

Thank you, Christopher. I'm from Spain, while a lot of new hardware is discovered by me watching your videos I'm learning English with you. I'm studying English and listening to your videos is one of the best ways to practise my listening and my pronunciation. Sorry, if some expression or word is not the best option :) Thanks for sharing your knowledge about computers. Saludos desde España.

[nepaliman]

I wish you were my teacher during my school days.. would have learned so many things clearly .

[rutkowskir]

I started my career in IT on Honeywell DPS 8 mainframes running the GCOS Operating System back in the very early 1980's. Punched Cards, Reel to Reel tape, 600MB disk packs, impact printers, etc. Nice to see they are still out there in cutting edge technology. I also ran JP Morgan Chase trading floor systems for 15 years. Would be nice to be part of the Quantum partnership! But also nice I can play from home with Python and cloud dev!

[matthewbryce]

Honestly the level of technology we are getting to is literally magic to me. Thanks for the video!

[neocephalon]

I don't know why this video is like every possible episode of explaining computers video that could ever exist. I mean, each time I hit reload it changes into the same kind of video but with a completely unique plot!

[paulmcwhorter]

Really look forward to your channel every week. This is my question, is there ANY real problem that has been solved using quantum computing. I am not even asking for quantum computing providing a better solution, but asking if there is any problem that has been programmed into a quantum computer, and the computer return an actual useful solution. As much as I study this, all I can find is the 'promise' of what it will do, but can not find a single concrete example. Does anyone have such an example? How would you answer a skeptic who would suggest it is all hype and no actual practical problem ever solved by quantum computing.

[AnttiNannimus]

I will never thumb-down any video you produce because they are always so well done. But I only watched this one for six minutes because, unlike everything else you do, it contained nothing I care about. Quantum computing, in my opinion, is still a "futurist" topic, but that's not what I'm here for. Best regards, as always, though, Dr. Barnatt.

[davemc]

This is way above my retirement grade! Glad there wasn't a test at the end of it. Thankfully I have Christopher to explain it all for me.

[steveshelby]

Good to see quantum computing is developing.

[howtobebasic]

Do a video about the ending of Moore's law, and the shrink of Transistor nanometer sizes and the future.

[danielbenson]

you have a face for radio but credit where credit is due, your use of the youtube platform is absolutely amazing. Also a well set out video, very informative.

[naeem]

I learn lots of things about Quantum Computer in a single video. Thank you for making these informative videos.