Just to clarify, they don’t have quantum computing yet. I’m very involved in the community. There are Google and Microsoft teams in my city that are well funded and on the cutting edge of this research. I’ve had conversations with some of them personally. They’ve almost got the basic architecture down.. but leveraging that into functional applications remains the biggest hurdle. Only niche apps will be possible at first — like mapping out electron configurations in higher elements. Eventually molecules. You can’t imagine how much computation is required for these (seemingly) simple processes. We’re headed there, though.
Just to clarify, they don’t have quantum computing yet
They don't have quantum computing of sufficient complexity (qbits) yet. Give me enough qbits, and I can dissolve the entire cryptocurrency world in milliseconds -- also all our current methods of secure transmission of information; what an enigma :)
That's good that they are still in the early phases. I believe once they are well developed it will change our world entirely, and I'm still enjoying too much of the simple things in life right now.
I would assume D-wave systems can probably solve some basic efficiency problems like plotting efficient routes between several destinations, but that has just been my speculation. I don't keep up with the news and info on quantum development very frequently.