Trump signs ‘quantum’ executive order: Here’s what it means

Seemingly out of nowhere, the United States is knee-deep in the quantum computing race.

President Trump signed the executive order Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation on Monday, but the effects of the impending research are rarely discussed.

‘These are the problems where today we cannot run high enough fidelity simulations in a classic computer.’

Quantum computing is typically explained by comparing the calculations of a traditional computer that uses ones and zeros to a quantum computer that uses the numbers in between to make calculations much faster.

A flat coin versus a spinning coin is also used as an analogy, essentially meaning that a quantum computer holds data in a special state that allows it all to be analyzed at once, resulting in faster (more numerous)