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3AW Afternoons: Quantum computing

Australia is getting a special computer that can help solve problems. What is it and how does it work?

A massive computer is on the way to Australia, as the government spends one billion dollars on a quantum computer.

Different from regular computers, quantum computers are faster thanks to how they process information, and may be used to solve complex problems that today’s current problems are too slow at.

How does the technology work, and what can it do for us? Pickr’s Leigh Stark joins 3AW’s Tony Moclair to talk about that, and about what he would ask the computer to solve.

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