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Dept of quantum computing

Quantum computers boil down to qubits, the ‘bits’ that encode information and enable quantum algorithms to run various calculations at the same time, at an exponential scale. D-waves quantum annealing is being used by a grocery chain in Canada. This survey on progress in quantum computing is a helpful update to progress in the domain. The field is certainly widening, Honeywell, best known for home thermostats, has even launched a quantum computing project which has quite some credibility.

Peter Shor, one of the luminaries of quantum computing, spoke to Nature about his breakthrough in 1995, and warned that we are not prepared for a post-quantum world.
http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03068-9

http://www.zdnet.com/article/quantum-computers-are-coming-get-ready-for-them-to-change-everything/
http://techcrunch.com/2020/10/29/honeywell-announces-its-h1-quantum-computer-with-10-qubits/?guccounter=1