How are quantum computers going to affect our profession?
So, I know that coding/compiling currently relies on 0,1 (ones and zeroes) and quantum computing allows more than just those two states. My question is what will we see when quantum computers become mainstream?
It'll be decades before quantum computers become mainstream. We might see hybrids or maybe even graphics cards with both a physix and quantum chip on them and initially it'll only be used for bettering security and later on for modelling things, but otherwise regular CPUs will continue to dominate and things won't change much.
Programming for quantumn chips will be about as niche as programming a PIC microchip is today, only a small number of developers will be doing it and they will specialise in doing just that.
@chilimatic Yea, fair point. But I think I mean something more like are we going to see new languages come about, with new compilers etc.
@hipkiss91 well i'm sure there will be new languages :D there always will be new languages ;D .... but the math has to exist too I guess it has to be deterministic and I'm way to unfamiliar with this topic so this is just guess work :) I read some papers about it but that's basically not knowing anything ;D .....
Jan Vladimir Mostert
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It'll be decades before quantum computers become mainstream. We might see hybrids or maybe even graphics cards with both a physix and quantum chip on them and initially it'll only be used for bettering security and later on for modelling things, but otherwise regular CPUs will continue to dominate and things won't change much.
Programming for quantumn chips will be about as niche as programming a PIC microchip is today, only a small number of developers will be doing it and they will specialise in doing just that.