Moore’s Law has been telling us for years that integrated circuits are rapidly being produced smaller and smaller. This is no doubt good news for consumers. The price to produce these micro-components is going down, and the advancements in technology are going up. However at some point in time these components are going to become so minuscule that they will be molecule sized. As soon as this happens these chips will no longer be governed by Newtonian Physics.

What will happen when these tiny electrical components surpass the realm of macroscopic and tumble into the world of molecules and other atomic structures? When this happens they will be controlled by the quantum world. A realm in which quantum tunneling allows particles to show up in places where they most certainly shouldn’t be. A realm in which the quantum version of bits, or quibits can exists as both 0 and 1. This is a spooky realm that is governed unlike anything you have ever heard of.

So I am sure many are interested in what kind of advancements will be capable with this new quantum computing revolution. With quantum computing computers would have incredible calculating capabilities. However in order to see any difference in the efficiency of solving problems, special quantum algorithms would need to be produced. These algorithms would need to find a way to utilize the stranger aspects of quantum theory to formulate results.

Many, many tasks and technologies could be made better by quantum computing. Everything from Quantum Encryption to Quantum Artificial Intelligence. Once we reach the point at which we can utilize this quantum behavior the results will be tremendous.

The keyword in the above statement is when. At this point in time we have not been able to produce such a quantum computer. Completing this is not as simple as many may think. The quantum principal says that when a quantum system is affected by it’s surroundings it collapses.

Hope is high however. We are constantly coming up with new finds. I think quantum computing will be propelled forward by the cooperation of many different professionals around all parts of the world. Until our toasters have an intelligence ideally named Skynet 1.0 we must wait and watch the progress of the quantum revolution.