Under the Hood of Quantum Computing

nanotrends writes "Gordie Rose, the CTO of Dwave Systems, the venture funded company that plans to offer paid use of a superconducting quantum computer starting in 2007, reveals secrets of his quantum computer construction. It is based on nobium superconducting 'circuits of atoms' and is not RSFQ. (Rapid Single Flux quantum)."

Comments

Re:Woo Woo science

[Iwanowitch]

any approach thus far is good at (a) or (b), but not both.

Ooh, Heisenberg-approaches!

It's a *quantum* computer

[WilliamSChips]

If you assess the capabilities of the system, it disappears!

Re:Advantages?

[mickwd]

Or, following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat, we can determine if it really is a live quantum computer, but we can't know where it is.