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Lockheed Martin Purchases First Commercial Quantum Computer

Posted by Unknown on from the yes-no-maybe-so dept.

Panaflex writes "D-Wave systems announced general availability for its 128 qubit adiabatic quantum machine just two weeks ago, and reports of its first sale to Lockheed Martin have come out." The D-Wave Systems site has a rather informative collection of quantum computing papers.

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  1. I want one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but I'm uncertain if I'll buy one. Maybe I should check with my cat.

    1. Re:I want one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...but I'm uncertain if I'll buy one. Maybe I should check with my cat.

      Oh NOW you remember to check the cat. It's been locked in that box for a week now. It's dead.
      or is it?

  2. Bad Translation by sprior · · Score: 4, Funny

    I found the D-Wave white papers very hard to understand, but I'm sure it's because of a poor translation from the original Vulcan to (sortof) English.

  3. Re:My Feelings by wagonlips · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm simultaneously for and against this.

    Schrödinger? Is that you?

  4. Re:Did some wiki-browsing... by pushing-robot · · Score: 3, Funny

    The basic idea is to enter "42" and see what happens.

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  5. Re:iQubit by Jeremi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I am just have to wait for the Apple Quantum Computer User Experience

    Me too -- in particular I'm looking forward to the quantum MWI version of FaceTime, which connects you to various alternate-universe versions of yourself, so you can compare notes and see who made the better decisions.

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