Even Bill Gates doesn't understand the algorithm behind quantum computing

Microsoft is betting a lot on quantum computing - the most modern technology area today to build a computer system more powerful than anything we've ever had before.

At the recent Microsoft Ignite conference, CEO Satya Nadella presented the company's vision with quantum computing, emphasizing the potential to use super-powerful computers to find ways to treat cancer, solve variable problems. climate change and generally answer many questions that are impossible.

However, in a general interview with Nadella for the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that the technology behind quantum computing was too complicated, even he could not understand.

'It's part of Microsoft where they offer something that I really don't understand. I know about physics and math. But there is one thing that is too difficult to understand, that is quantum, "Gates said.

Perhaps he should talk to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who just released a quick explanation of quantum computing in early 2016. 'It's very simple,' Trudeau said. 'Normal computers work whether electricity goes through wires or wirelessly. It is 1 or 0, binary system. Quantum allows more complex information to be encoded into a bit '.

Although Trudeau is right about the basics, the true scientific nature of quantum computing is much more complex. Google, Microsoft, IBM and many other technology companies have invested a lot of resources in this area in the race to become the first to bring quantum computing capabilities into the mass market.

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Bill Gates and CEO of Microsoft Sayta Nadella

Nadella told the Wall Street Journal that quantum computing is a key element in Microsoft's cloud computing strategy, where developers and businesses can use unlimited computing power.

'The investment is also natural because we are one of the most paying people on cloud computing and we think this is our next generation cloud,' Nadella said.