Microsoft Simulator Brings Quantum Computing One Step Closer to the Masses — from fortune.com by Barb Darrow

Excerpt:

Microsoft will share its LIQUi|> (no, that’s not a typo) simulator software with the public, so academics can test quantum computing operations on laptops or in the cloud.

On Friday, Microsoft is releasing simulation software that it says will let academics, scientists, or even do-it-yourself eggheads simulate quantum computing on their laptops.

The promise of quantum computing, which breaks the nuts-and-bolts of computing down to the sub-atomic level, is that it can solve problems that go far beyond the capabilities of even today’s most powerful computers.