What Even Is A Quantum Computer?

in 2019, Google's sycamore quantum processor was able to solve a complex problem in just over 3 minutes, that would've taken IBM's summit, the fastest supercomputer at the time, over 10,000 years of continuous compute time to solve. There was one problem though. The problem they solved? Completely. Useless. Join me in understanding the progress in the field of quantum computing that has gotten us to this point. How quantum computers have evolved from theory to experiment, and from single to many qubits. Also, check out this video on different types of quantum computers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N06hC1GL1ns and check out this video on the deutsch jozsa algorithm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl9GVLW451s Join My Discord: https://discord.gg/GcyEyJCSg6 Become a patron: https://patreon.com/user?u=100800416 for access to my animation source code, video scripts, and research materials Also check out my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukasinthelab/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Music: Music by Vincent Rubinetti Download the music on Bandcamp: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-3blue1brown Stream the music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3zNK20qC96mVSww60lVi1k ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All clips used under YouTube Creative Commons license, contacted directly for licensing or paid licensing. Check out these awesome people! (not sponsored or affiliated) Sources: 1) Storyblocks for background (broll) footage 2) IBM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Google Sycamore Solves Problem in 3 minutes 00:36 The conference that changed everything 02:12 Quantum Mechanics 04:26 The first quantum speedup 05:22 Breaking Encryption 08:00 What makes a quantum computer? 14:53 Building the first qubit 18:17 Superconducting qubits - the current frontrunner