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NASA Backs Quantum Computing Claim

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-they-did-not-shoot-the-deputy dept.

narramissic writes "Canadian startup D-Wave's demonstration via Web link of a prototype quantum computer in mid-February was met with skepticism in the academic community, but NASA has confirmed that it did, in fact, build a special chip used in the disputed demonstration. According to an article on ITworld, D-Wave designed the quantum chip and then contracted with NASA to build it."

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  1. So D-Wave managed to con a... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...government agency into complicity in their scam. How is this news? I've seen firsthand how easy it is to get miilions of dollars out of government agencies for cockamamy schemes.

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