All quantum supremacy is fleeting

Scott Fulton explains how Google astonished the world by claiming its prototype quantum processor has achieved “supremacy” -- the ability to process a task in seconds that would take a classical supercomputer more than a lifetime. But how long can Google reign supreme before IBM mounts a challenge to its legitimacy? Months? Days? Read more: https://zd.net/2K5bKiK FOLLOW US Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy Follow ZDNet on Twitter:   / zdnet   Follow ZDNet on Facebook:   / zdnet   Follow ZDNet on Instagram:   / zdnet_cbsi   Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn:   / zdne.  . Follow ZDNet on Snapchat:   / zdnet_cbsi