This is a strange article, in my opinion. <p>The point of quantum computing is to enable completely new types of algorithms whose running time scales much faster - ideally, exponentially faster - than an ordinary computer. For certain very limited classes of tasks, this can be achieved.<p>Given this, the "running speed" of the computer, which is what this article focuses on, isn't all that important. A working 1 kiloherz quantum computer will greatly outperform a 1 teraherz conventional computer for those problems quantum computers are known to be good at, such as factoring composite integers.