Jerry Chow On The Future Of Quantum Computing
The Verge, Tuesday, December 5,2023
What's a qubit? Are quantum computers useful yet? And how wrong was Ant-Man, anyway?
Today, I'm talking with Jerry Chow. He's the director of quantum systems at IBM, meaning he's trying to build the future one qubit at a time.
IBM made some announcements this week about its plans for the next 10 years of quantum computing: there are new chips, new computers, and new APIs. You'll hear us get into more of the details as we go, but the important thing to know upfront is that quantum computers could have theoretically incredible amounts of processing power and could entirely revolutionize the way we think of computers. if, that is, someone can build one that's actually useful.
Here's Jerry, explaining the basics of what a quantum computer is: