How would this affect Bitcoin in a few years?

[german1080]

Intel is already starting to test the smallest chip for quantum computing. How would this affect Bitcoin in a few years? bitcoin should start right now to work seriously with the security of its network to avoid disaster.

[npredtorch]

Let's say they've successfully made it and became reliable, so in next few years we could expect that Intel can do whatever it likes to Bitcoin  .
A 51% or higher computational power would be too easy for them to conduct an attack on the network.

Well, I'm not a technical guy and I really have no clue how the core developers can adjust on this threat.

Quantum computer poses a threat only on the encryption. I misread the article below..

For some references since the OP didn't include any:
Quantum Computing Becoming Real
Quantum Computers Pose Imminent Threat to Bitcoin Security

On a side note, so it would be possible also to generate a complete character case sensitive bitcoin address using a quantum computer.