AWS Director on the Path to Quantum Computing: Tech Disruptors
'The metric that we need to keep an eye on is the number of qubits' explains Simone Severini, AWS director of quantum technologies to Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana. 'Another metric that we need to keep an eye on is the quality of the qubits and the way people try to scale.' On this episode of Tech Disruptors Severini and Rana discuss the basics of quantum computing and how qubits differentiate themselves from their classical counterparts. Additionally, the two go over several potential use cases for the technology and the timeline to fault tolerance.
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