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Under the Hood of Quantum Computing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fun-facts dept.

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)."

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  1. Advantages? by Zouden · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I read the article, but it didn't make it very clear - what will be the advantages of paid use of their quantum computer? Unless it's going to be faster than other supercomputers, I can't see the point. Is there some other advantage I'm not aware of?

    I'd be very suprised if their quantum computer will be faster than conventional computers by next year. 20 years away, maybe.

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    1. Re:Advantages? by QuantumG · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I don't think anyone can assess the capabilities of his systems from that article. I also don't think that was unintentional.

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