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I think the relevance of potential quantum computer programming can be compared to that of GPU programming: It's useful to solve particular problems with much m
by blauditore 9y ago
I think the relevance of potential quantum computer programming can be compared to that of GPU programming: It's useful to solve particular problems with much more power than with classic approaches, but for most applications there's no gain. So most software will probably continue to run on classic computers as today.
- hannob 9y agoI think use of QCs will be orders of magnitude lower than use of GPUs.
- zitterbewegung 9y agoI remember when the only useful thing you could do with a GPU would be to play videogames. Now you can do 1. Deep Learning 2. Cryptocurrency Mining 3. CAD / CAM 4. Acceleration of certain computations like fluid dynamics
- giomasce 9y agoI suppose people thought the same of classical computers when the ordinary way to carry out computations was to deliver them to arrays of people sitting at desks. Now, history is not forced to repeat itself, but it has happened frequently enough so that it might be premature to exclude that QC will at some point be generally available and used. I agree that having a lot of programmers is not an immediate need, though.
- Uehreka 9y agoSure, but then bear in mind that with the onset of deep learning (which seems poised to be the foundation for a lot of emerging technology for at least the next decade) GPU programming has suddenly become a lot more useful. What if, just as deep learning brought life to GPUs decades after they were invented, some other algorithm or paradigm that we’re not paying attention to now becomes huge once QCs are available to test on?