Quantum Computers, Neural Computers, and the future of 0s and 1s.

A glimpse into what the future of computing may look like.

Discussing the pervasiveness of computers would be, without doubt, unnecessary. In the era of the Internet of Things (did it ever really arrive?) the mantra is everything computes. The unprecedented evolution of processors and computers in all of their forms, from desktop all-in-ones to Raspberry Pi-like microcontrollers, was somehow predicted by the Moore law. But in recent times, this law is approaching its physical limit. The length of silicon circuits is approaching the point were the quantum laws start interfering with the behavior of electrons.

New fields of computer science and computer engineering are starting to emerge. In the tech and pop culture new terms are appearing with increasing frequency: quantum computing and neural computing. How do these fields fill some of the gaps in the ever-evolving field of computer science? In this article, we will explore what these buzz terms really refer to, and how they can impact the future of our digital lives.

Quantum Computing: a new playfield.

Quantum computers play by changing the rules of the game. The rules, in this case, are the laws of physics. If classical computers, made of voltage potentials and currents flowing through uncountable transistors are reaching their theoretical limit, one way of escaping this limitation is by changing the playfield…