Despite the scientific and engineering challenges facing the development of quantum computers, considerable progress is being made toward applying the technology to commercial applications. In this article, we discuss the solutions that some companies are already building using quantum hardware. Framing these as examples of combinatorics problems, we illustrate their application in four industry verticals: cybersecurity, materials and pharmaceuticals, banking and finance, and advanced manufacturing. While quantum computers are not yet available at the scale needed to solve all of these combinatorics problems, we identify three types of near-term opportunities resulting from advances in quantum computing: quantum-safe encryption, material and drug discovery, and quantum-inspired algorithms.

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量子计算的商业应用

尽管量子计算机的发展面临科学和工程方面的挑战，但在将该技术应用于商业应用方面仍取得了相当大的进步。在本文中，我们讨论了一些公司已经使用量子硬件构建的解决方案。以组合问题为例，我们说明了它们在四个行业垂直领域的应用：网络安全，材料和制药，银行和金融以及先进制造。虽然尚无法解决所有这些组合问题的规模，但量子计算机尚未出现，但我们发现了量子计算技术的进步带来的三种近期机遇：量子安全加密，材料和药物发现以及量子启发算法。