Quantum computing: the technology that could smash Moore's Law,
allowing for unprecedented levels of computing power that could
enable us to model highly complex processes – such as the
functioning of the heart or brain – with relative ease, making
it one of the most highly anticipated breakthroughs of the near
future. The goal is to harness the unique behavior of particles
at the quantum scale. These “qubits,” with information stored in
subatomic particles, can mimic transistor storage by existing in
a state of “1” or “0,” (just like transistors,) as well as
existing in a superposition of both states. As the number of
qubits on a circuit increases, so does the number of possible
states, resulting in an exponential increase in the amount of
information contained within. To put that in perspective, a
quantum computer with a mere hundred qubits would be capable of
solving certain problems more quickly than the most powerful
supercomputers today. But, according to Chris Peikert,
cryptographer and computing scien