Quantum Computers
According to D-Wave's CEO Vern Brownell, quantum computers have the potential to address problems ranging from finding drugs that can target specific cancers to valuing portfolio risk.
In this interview with McKinsey’s Michael Chui, Vern Brownell, CEO of D-Wave discusses what quantum computing is, how it works, and where it’s headed in the next five years. In 2010 D-Wave introduced the world’s first commercially available quantum computer.
"We’re at the dawn of the quantum-computing age, and it’s really up to us to execute."
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Quantum computing is starting to offer hope for solving more specialized problems that require immensely robust computing. Quantum computers were once thought an impossible technology because they harness the intricate power of quantum mechanics and are housed in highly unconventional environments.According to Brownell, the advantages that quantum computing can have can even take computing to the next level.
"We’re trying to find the best answer out of a complex set of alternatives. And that could be in portfolio analysis and financial services. It could be trying to find the right types of drugs to give a cancer patient—lots of meaty, very impactful types of applications that are in the sampling world that we believe are very relevant to this," he says.
Brownell is the co-founder and CEO of D-Wave Systems. Michael Chui is a principal at the McKinsey Global Institute and is based in McKinsey’s San Francisco office.
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