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5 - Beyond Classical

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2022

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The term Beyond Classical is now the preferred term to describe computation that can be run efficiently on a quantum computer but would be intractable to run on a classical computer. A seminal paper by Google claimed to have reached this goal by computing a result in 200 seconds that a supercomputer would need 10,000 years to compute. Soon after publication, IBM claimed that the same computation could be done in just a few days on the Summit supercomputer. In this chapter, we analyze this disagreement. We discuss the proposition, implement and simulate the circuit, estimate simulation time for 53 qubits, and contrast Google’s claim against our implementation and IBM’s estimation result.

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Print publication year: 2022

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  • Beyond Classical
  • Robert Hundt
  • Book: Quantum Computing for Programmers
  • Online publication: 28 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009099974.007
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  • Beyond Classical
  • Robert Hundt
  • Book: Quantum Computing for Programmers
  • Online publication: 28 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009099974.007
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  • Beyond Classical
  • Robert Hundt
  • Book: Quantum Computing for Programmers
  • Online publication: 28 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009099974.007
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