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Quantum computing: hype or hope?

03 Nov 2025 Honor Powrie

Are you baffled by quantum computers and bemused by what they could do? Honor Powrie offers her personal perspective about these devices and their current potential

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Honor Powrie is an engineer who is now senior director for data science and analytics at GE in Southampton, UK. She is writing here in a personal capacity
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