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Quantum Computing’s Promise for the Brave New World

Rayyan Zahid
13 min readFeb 20, 2019

In 1965, Intel’s cofounder Gordon Moore predicted the doubling of computing power every two years through innovations in the classical computer chip. Half a century later, we’ve hit the physical limits to this faithful law. And so, as we faced another brickwall, we invented a new generation of computers to get around this problem

Albeit this time we used the same laws of physics that prevented us from classically progressing any further. Here is everything you need to know about the revolutionary world of quantum computing, and how it will influence our future.

The History of Computing

Relics like the Sumerian Abacus (2500 B.C.) and the Antikythera Mechanism (100 B.C.) were some of the earliest computers that our ancestors invented to make their lives easier. These devices were able to find solutions to problems that involved large calculations and the projections of celestial objects in the sky. Centuries later…

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Rayyan Zahid
Rayyan Zahid

Written by Rayyan Zahid

Ontology Engineer with an immutable love for science. Subscribe to my newsletter elevate.rayyanzahid.com/signup. Mail me at connect@rayyanzahid.com