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What Does Quantum as a Service Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Quantum as a service (QaaS) is a cloud service<\/a> that provides customers with access to quantum computing platforms over the internet. QaaS uses the software as a service (SaaS) delivery model.<\/p>\n

Quantum computing is based on the qubit, which can superimpose binary positions and support artificial intelligence (AI) beyond today’s narrow AI <\/a>functionality. An important goal of quantum computing is to make artificial general intelligence<\/a> a reality.<\/p>\n

Although much of the theory and operational detail has been solved for quantum computing<\/a>, business use for this type of computing is still very expensive. The QaaS model allows researchers to experiment with quantum computing on an on-demand basis with minimal financial output.<\/p>\n

Techopedia Explains Quantum as a Service<\/span><\/h2>\n

QaaS is still in its infancy. To the layman, it can seem as though quantum computers are faster than classical computers because they can try every possible answer to a problem in parallel. What a quantum computer actually does, however, is take the probabilities associated with superpositions<\/a> and their entanglements to carry out a series of operations called a quantum algorithm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just like classical learning algorithms, certain parameters of a quantum algorithm can be weighted more than others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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