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Quantum computing represents a revolutionary leap in our ability to simulate complex systems found in nature. Richard Feynman famously noted the challenges of classical computing in simulating quantum mechanical operations. As the complexity of biological systems increases, traditional computers struggle with the vast number of operations required. For proteins of various lengths, classical computation quickly becomes infeasible compared to the power of quantum computation. This cutting-edge technology could transform fields like healthcare, enabling efficient simulations of molecular structures and drug interactions without the adverse side effects seen in classical methods.
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Why Quantum Computing Is Cool EugeniuPlamadeala Graduate student in physics “. .. and if you want to make a simulation of Nature, you’d better make it quantum mechanical, and by golly it’s a wonderful problem, because it doesn’t look so easy.” — Richard P. Feynman, “Simulating Physics with Computers”, May 1981
Operations on Classical computer Protein length 10 106 one million
Operations on Classical computer Protein length 50 1030
Operations on Classical computer Protein length 150 1090 > age of the universe
Classical computers Hard
Quantum computers Easy