The Quantum Computing Arms Race Is Accelerating
On this episode of The Future with Hannah Fry, Fry travels to IBM’s research facility to learn the promise and peril of the technology’s unfathomable power.
An IBM quantum-computing processor mounted on a circuit board. The silicon chip in the center contains several quantum bits, or qubits.
Source: Bloomberg
With the promise of unimaginable computing power, a fierce worldwide race for quantum supremacy between the US and China is accelerating. Who will harness this mind-bending new force, and where will they point it?
On this episode of The Future with Hannah Fry, Fry explores the inner workings of IBM’s new Quantum System Two, one of the most powerful new computers in the world. She meets Olivia Lanes, IBM’s global lead for quantum learning, and IBM Head of Research Dario Gil, who reveal the promise and perils of a technology that could theoretically reveal all internet communications everywhere.