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Quantum Computer To Launch Next Week

Posted by kdawson on from the spooky-computing-at-a-distance dept.

judgecorp writes "D-Wave Systems of British Columbia is all set to demonstrate a 16-qubit quantum computer. Simple devices have been built in the lab before, and this is still a prototype, but it is a commercial project that aims to get quantum devices into computer rooms, solving tricky problems such as financial optimization. Most quantum computers have to be isolated from the outside world (look at them and they stop working). This one is an 'adiabatic' quantum computer — which means (in theory, says D-Wave) that it can live with thermal noise and give results without having to be isolated. There's a description of it here — and pretty pictures too."

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  1. Wish this was an apple product by Meros · · Score: 0, Troll

    'And you can order one on the website TODAY!'

  2. Nice by TheCount22 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Very nice! So when can I buy one? Does anyone remember the movie Sneakers? Now we can finally make Dr. Gunter Janek's little blackbox... Okay maybe not that little... Yet...

  3. Quantum.....what? by Intangible+Fact · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow! What a beauty. I think the 4x4 architecture is set up very nicely. Its to bad that using a system like this would be ineffective for personal use.

    *Mac G5.....I thought that was a rap group*

  4. But.. by JohnnyOpcode · · Score: -1, Troll

    ..will it run Linux?

  5. Re:Computer is snake oil by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Built for quadratic equations eh? So was the program I wrote for my TI-83 in high school."

    Another retard who seriously thinks his worthless "skills" can really be compared to those of real engineers and scientist. Tell me, can you build a spacecraft in your garage too? What else can you do better? And why are you sweeping floors for a living instead of, say, ruling the world?