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Building a quantum computer is no easy task, at the moment there are countries and companies alike to be the first to quantum supremacy. Although we haven’t reached quantum supremacy quite yet there are companies that have created quantum computers and the most well know is a small company called D-Wave (for more info click here). D-Wave isn’t the only one currently working on quantum computers, it has some competition from some big hitters. The list includes the likes of Microsoft, IBM, Intel, China, and more. As said at the beginning, building one is complex if you look at the figures above, I have drawn a few examples. Example 1) Shows the heart of a quantum computer and where the calculations are made. Figure 2) I have drawn the mechanism that cools the environment where the quantum computer rests. The last figure might be a little confusing but give me a chance to explain. For a quantum computer to work it needs to be in a cold environment. Figure 3) is a drawing of space and a quantum computer needs to be around the same temperature as space… that’s around minus 455 degrees.