Renting Quantum Power in the Cloud

You definitely cannot afford to put a quantum computer in your living room right now.

We are talking about a price tag in the tens of millions of dollars for a single system.

These machines run at temperatures colder than deep space and require entire specialized

facilities just to keep them stable, so it is not exactly a DIY project. But here is the

wild part. You can actually use one today for less than a dollar. Instead of buying

the box, you just rent the brain power through the cloud. Amazon and IBM are

charging fractions of a cent per task to let you access their processors remotely.

It is called Quantum as a Service, meaning you can experiment with the most advanced