Classical Computers
topic on 5 shows · 7 statements across 6 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
We Live to Build 
Catalyst 
the a16z Podcast 
All-In
7 statements about Classical Computers, every show
Sundar Pichai predicts practical quantum computing breakthroughs within five years
“So I would say in a five year time frame, You would have that moment where some, a really useful practical computation, you know, is done in a quantum way, far superior to classical computers.”
Lassman: Quantum Computers Can Run Complex Financial Algorithms Almost Instantly
“There are certain, like, financial algorithms that are super complex that would take a classical computer years, years to chug.
That can start to be done closer to fast, like, instant almost.”
Classical computers cannot simulate molecular systems more complex than two atoms
“We do not have the capability currently with our classical computers to simulate anything more complicated Than a two-body problem or a two-atom molecule, and we're really good at simulating hydrogen, so we can take that, put it into a computer, and understand…”
Cordova: Near-term quantum computers run in 100-microsecond bursts
“Unlike classical computers, which you can kind of run for days and weeks, Or in perhaps years at a time, quantum computers kind of run in bursts of a hundred microseconds.”
Pandey: Quantum computers will suddenly surpass classical computing at a specific threshold
“What will happen is a quantum computer at first will seem like it won't be all that useful. It will be below the number of qubits that you need. Maybe you need a hundred qubits to solve the problem and the existing machine only has 64. And so a classical compu…”
Rigetti: Quantum systems require sophisticated classical computers wrapped around them
“And part of what that implies is that you need to build a very sophisticated Classical computer around the quantum computer to both leverage its resources and to offload anything from that quantum computer that can be offloaded so that the quantum computer is …”
Susskind: Classical computers can never simulate 100 entangled qubits
“Classical computers can never be built big enough to explore more than 400, more than actually more than Probably a hundred qubits. A hundred qubits doesn't seem like very much. No classical computer can do the calculation of following what a hundred qubits do…”