| |January 20189CIOReviewMuch of the data in today's world resides on cloud and hence for quantum computing to be successful, it needs to have an ability to pipe in and pipe out data from the cloudmolecules, which is Quantum mechanics. With this, the dual state of 0 and 1 is shifting to qubits (quantum bits) ie states between 0 and 1 (superposition) and a state of 0 and 1 at the same time. This brings in a radical shift in everything right from the principles of computing, pro-gramming, manufacturing, physical shape/size, hosting etc. To tame the atoms and molecules to play a role in computation, the processing unit in this case called as the QPU (Q stands for Quantum) requires an isolated environment and extreme physical states.The world is no way moving out of the current form of computing know as classical computing to the new Quantum computing world. Quantum computing is addressing a new set of problem statements and is more about building the future technology. The problems that were previously unattainable or time-consuming in the classical com-puting world like the molecular chemistry, optimizations, sampling, factoring will now have optimal solutions with the advancement in quantum computing. In parallel, it may also challenge some of the ex-isting systems like the cryptosystems. As in the classical world, the computer itself is not a solution and there is a need to have the right software to program these super com-plex devices. An ecosystem of software, developers, tools, and algo-rithms are given equal focus along with the research happening to un-derstand the quantum physics and its application in computing. Since the mechanics of the hardware is complex, it will require enormous effort to develop soft-ware that can re-imagine this new hardware and rethink the new algorithms.In the current world, systems in isola-tion don't have much relevance in making information available in one place is seem-ingly impossible. This the time where the computing and storage space within any enterprise is shifting into a Hybrid world. Cloud computing is already shaping the fu-ture for most of the enterprises. Much of the data in today's world resides on cloud and hence for quantum computing to be success-ful, it needs to have an ability to pipe in and pipe out data from the cloud. There is a huge effort happening in this space for that layer of tissue.Given the complexity and the science behind leveraging quantum physics for computation, we cannot expect a quantum computer to be on our desk or in an enter-prise data center. This is more likely to be available as a cloud service over the internet. The classical computing world which ma-tured over a period and was made available on tap is still evolving. Unlike the classical world, these quantum computers are born in the cloud to accelerate the creation of killer apps and algorithms to nurture an ecosystem that can solve real-world issues and increase the adoption. Saju Sankarankutty
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