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D-Wave Announces Commercially Available Quantum Computer
New submitter peetm writes "Computing company D-Wave has announced they're selling a quantum computing system commercially, which they're calling the D-Wave One. The D-Wave system comes equipped with a 128-qubit processor designed to perform discrete optimization operations. A qubit is the basic unit of quantum information – analogous to a bit in conventional computing. For a broader understanding of how qubits work, check out Ars Technica's excellent guide."
I would imagine that operations are instant. Unfortunately all the data gets sent to an identical 'you' in a parallel universe.......
Sigs are for losers....oh wait...damnit
128qubits? That should be enough for everybody!
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for a ridiculous price of $100$ only!
My excellent quantum computer is cleverly disguised as an old Nike sneaker box,
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For further information, please send $10 to the following account for mail processing costs
and attach your credit card number for billing.
How many frames will this get in Crysis?
All of them, at the same time. Until you look at it, at which point you'll just get one, which might not be the one you want.
Sorry, I stopped reading at "should of". Hurts my eyes too much.
Apparently, a quantum computer allows slashdot editors to see backwards in time.
Since this article was posted.....
5/17/2011 @ 2:34PM
Right, that's almost a year ago that this "announcement" took place.
Whoops!