A Working Quantum Computer in 3 Years?

prostoalex writes "Vancouver, BC-based D-Wave Systems got $17.5 mln from Draper Fisher Jurvetson to work on a preliminary version of a quantum computer, Technology Review reports. Delivery date? Within three years: 'It won't be a fully functional quantum computer of the sort long envisioned; but D-Wave is on track to produce a special-purpose, "noisy" piece of quantum hardware that could solve many of the physical-simulation problems that stump today's computers, says David Meyer, a mathematician working on quantum algorithms at the University of California, San Diego.'"

Comments

Obviously,

[Anonymous Coward]

we need this to run Longhorn on Duke Nukem Forever...

Noise!

[caluml]

That's what we're missing these days - noisy computers! We need whirring, and clanking, and popping, and probably a steam-powered whistle. Forget these silent PCs - I want to really know when it's doing some calculations!