Quantum computing has the potential to easily crack current cryptography systems, simulate chemical and nanochemical quantum systems, and speed up the search for solutions of certain types of math problems called NP Complete problems. Many have raced to create the world’s first quantum processor.
In 2007 D-Wave, a Canadian firm, claimed to have created the world’s first quantum computing chip. Debate about whether the chip is a true quantum computer has raged, while the company has continued to release claims of improved “quantum chips” — with the latest being a 128 qubit chip. Researchers, though, are skeptical of these claims.
