{"id":106904,"date":"2021-10-13T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=106904"},"modified":"2023-03-15T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T16:21:02","slug":"has-quantum-computing-come-of-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/has-quantum-computing-come-of-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Quantum Computing Come of Age?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Regular readers of this Blog will be familiar with our mantra that&nbsp;<strong>data have no value unless they are stored, secured and analysed<\/strong>. Look around and there is ample evidence that data volumes are only accelerating with no current signs of ceasing. In order to avoid drowning in data, we need solutions. Quantum computing might provide the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Satya Nadella, the Chief Executive of Microsoft, certainly believes so.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomuraconnects.com\/focused-thinking-posts\/what-will-be-the-role-of-quantum-computing-in-the-future-of-finance\/\">He has said<\/a>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<strong>quantum computing will be one of three technologies that will \u201cradically reshape the world,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;along with artificial intelligence and augmented reality. IBM\u2019s Chief Executive, Arvind Krishna, is in the same camp. He announced last week that the company would host an investor event dedicated to the topic in November. 2021 has also seen the first pure-play quantum computing business list on the New York Stock Exchange (albeit via a SPAC structure).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ionq.com\/\">IONQ<\/a>&nbsp;is currently capitalised at c$1.6bn.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/quantum-computer-maker-rigetti-go-public-via-15-bln-spac-deal-2021-10-06\/\">Press reports<\/a>&nbsp;suggest that another business active in the field (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rigetti.com\/\">Rigetti Computing<\/a>) will list imminently, also via a SPAC, with a likely c$1.5bn valuation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We first wrote specifically about the topic&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heptagon-capital.com\/quantum-computing-a-leap-forward\/\">in 2017<\/a>&nbsp;and were attracted to the potential embedded in quantum. Using the principle of exponential acceleration, quantum systems have the ability to identify all potential answers to any given problem simultaneously, rather than in a binary fashion (how conventional computing systems operate).&nbsp;<em>Theoretically<\/em>, it has been possible to do this for some time under laboratory conditions but retaining practical stability in the real world has proven much more challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s reassuring then that\u00a0<strong>quantum computing has been one of the five largest areas where new patents have been issued in the US over the last five years<\/strong>\u00a0(the others have been computer systems based on biological models, electrical smoking devices, angiosperms and machine learning; see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ificlaims.com\/rankings-trends-2020.htm\">here<\/a>). Microsoft launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/services\/quantum\/\">Azure Quantum<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year, where anyone with an interest in quantum computing can start experimenting with the service from a little as $10\/hour. IBM\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.ibm.com\/interactive\/system-one\/\">System One<\/a>\u00a0has been commercially available for longer \u2013 since 2019 \u2013 but based on\u00a0a recent interview\u00a0with Krishna, he feels that\u00a0<strong>quantum will \u201ctake off like a rocket ship\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>over the next decade. Many of the technical problems that have previously plagued quantum are apparently \u201csolvable\u201d per Krishna, while within the next two years, the processing power of IBM\u2019s systems could increase by 50-fold. Here\u2019s looking forward to what more we may learn in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally Posted on October 13, 2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heptagon-capital.com\/season-3-post-39-has-quantum-computing-come-of-age\/\">Has Quantum Computing Come of Age?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The above does not constitute investment advice and is the sole opinion of the author at the time of publication. Heptagon Capital is an investor in IBM and Microsoft. The author of this piece has no personal direct investment in the business. Past performance is no guide to future performance and the value of investments and income from them can fall as well as rise.<\/em><\/strong>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Look around and there is ample evidence that data volumes are only accelerating with no current signs of ceasing. In order to avoid drowning in data, we need solutions. 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