It was sometime in 2015 when I ran into the quantum computing topic. Bang! - Instantly, I gravitated toward the subject, and I have not stopped digging into this cool and spooky science. Today, when I look at the big picture, the landscape looks very busy seven years later, with probably more than 40 active quantum computing companies and around 100 startups globally.
A few years from now, most of these companies will fade away, some will be absorbed by the bigger ones within the next ten years, and a few will dominate the emerging market. Currently, IBM and Google insist on the Superconducting method, Microsoft pushing the Topological concept while Honeywell and IonQ betting the farm on Ion Trapping systems. There are many many more. For me, subject to change, my bet is on Ion Trapping systems and I have some good arguments for it.
I remember the first quantum system made by the Canadian company D-Wave sold for 10 million, purchased by NASA. At the time, Dwave had created a Quantum Annealing system that was not even unanimously agreed upon by all quantum scientists to use quantum principles. I have covered D-Wave technology in this blog many times. Check out the Annealing option from the blog menu.
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