To date, quantum computers have been implemented so that programming their operation was, in essence, hardwired into their essential structure. Although many useful demonstrations of quantum computing ...

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Alex Knapp is a Forbes senior editor covering healthcare and science. Von Neumann architecture is at the heart of whatever device you're reading this article on, be it computer, tablet or phone.

With unique and outstanding achievements in mathematics and science, John von Neumann was on an intellectual level far above us; the oft-misused term “genius” truly applies to him. Brilliant in both ...