In your last sentence, you compare future quantum computers to “today’s” non-quantum computers, which might be a false dichotomy.
[warning: uninformed tangent]
A more optimistic interpretation could be that quantum & non-quantum machines will be similar because we have huge leaps to make in non-quantum computer architecture.
This is strictly a theoretical thought-experiment for me, but it has always intrigued me that quantum computers sort-of model the problem itself in the hardware circuit & shove a bunch of qubits through it.
In digital computers, we mostly model Boolean logical structures & then, in software, translate our problem into that Boolean logic. This translation into discrete steps places a limit on the theoretical efficiency.
However, perhaps there is room in analog computing hardware to more closely model specific types of optimization problems & then shove a bunch of electrons through it (shouldn’t the electrons follow the path of least resistance?).
[warning: uninformed tangent]
A more optimistic interpretation could be that quantum & non-quantum machines will be similar because we have huge leaps to make in non-quantum computer architecture.
This is strictly a theoretical thought-experiment for me, but it has always intrigued me that quantum computers sort-of model the problem itself in the hardware circuit & shove a bunch of qubits through it.
In digital computers, we mostly model Boolean logical structures & then, in software, translate our problem into that Boolean logic. This translation into discrete steps places a limit on the theoretical efficiency.
However, perhaps there is room in analog computing hardware to more closely model specific types of optimization problems & then shove a bunch of electrons through it (shouldn’t the electrons follow the path of least resistance?).