Cordova: Quantum computers cannot store data and function purely as compute engines
Jeff Cordova · a16z Podcast | The Cloud Atlas to Real Quantum Computing · Jan 2, 2019 · at 16:37
Jeff Cordova discusses the architectural limitations of early quantum computers with host Sonal Chokshi and guest Vijay Pandey.
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“Like, you can't actually store data on these quantum computers. They're just literally, right now, just compute engines.”
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