How Quantum Computing Will Change the World
Such is the case of the Wyoming-based company SavantX, which uses the Canadian company D-Wave Systems' services to more efficiently arrange shipping containers for better integration with incoming trucks and trains. In other words, quantum computers give us systematized, accurate and helpful information that allows us to cover more processes and identify what works and doesn't in our business. For example, it can calculate factors that traditional computers cannot. The real significance of the experiment lies in the proof that a computational advantage can already be achieved using existing quantum methods to solve a valuable materials science problem. While some argue that the scope of the problems that can be resolved by the technology is limited, quantum annealing processors are easier to control and operate than their gate-based equivalents, which is why D-Wave's technology has already reached much higher numbers of qubits than can be found in the devices built by big players such as IBM or Google.