NQCG’s primary research interest is how to develop a large scale Quantum Computer, together with other implementations. The ongoing examination of existing literature in Quantum Information Processing and Communication (QIPC) during the development of a new Quantum Information Technology (QIT) is to ensure that the stringent design objectives set out for the company will lead to a new and fundamental, and radically different technology from other existing information processing and communication systems.
Quantum Computing together with other high potential implementations
Simulation has always been an important part of what conventional computers do. For engineers and scientists, simulation is about asking "what if" questions without having to actually do it. Today's engineering marvels would not be possible were it not for computer modeling. Everything from the car you drive, to the plane you last flew in, to the building in which you sit, to the computer chip in your PC, are made possible by simulation.
There is an implicit assumption that the tactics used in engineering today will apply to engineering at the nanoscale. The promise of nanotechnology is based on the premise that since everything is built of atoms, if we can manipulate matter on the level of atoms, we can build anything that is physically possible.
Building, however, is only a part of engineering. Just being able to build any given assembly of atoms does not mean that we can predict how it behaves before we build it.
Unfortunately, conventional (non-quantum) computers, no matter how powerful, are very bad at predicting the behavior of nature at the nanoscale. The quantum properties of matter and energy that make nanotechnology so interesting wreak havoc with conventional simulation methods.
Quantum Computers are the only known solution to this problem. They are able to directly solve the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics for any physical system. Sufficiently robust Quantum Computers will be able to create the ultimate virtual reality environment, where products and processes at the level of atoms and molecules can be exactly and effortlessly probed.