An international research team recently took a leap toward building a high-performing, scalable “quantum internet.”
A functional quantum internet would dramatically change the fields of secure communication, data storage, and computing.
“This work meets the technological benchmarks required for a quantum internet system to a very high degree.”
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The recent breakthrough at Fermilab is just one of a number ofrecent advancesin quantum computing.
Quantum computers allow a different class of algorithms that are impossible for classical computers to perform.
“This threat could affect everything from military communications to health records,” he added.
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Nearly all of today’s systems that demand security, privacy, or trust would be affected.
Nobody knows how soon quantum computing will be a threat to users data, experts say.
“All we can do is guesstimate,“data security expert Alan Myers saidin an email interview.
The most powerful quantum computers currently built are all less than 100 qubits.
IBM promises a1,000 qubit computerby 2023.
Quantum computing has been a far-off dream for decades.
