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D-Wave Announces Commercially Available Quantum Computer

Posted by timothy on from the you-either-have-one-or-you-don't dept.

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."

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  1. Re:So how many frames will this get in Crysis? by Splodgey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would imagine that operations are instant. Unfortunately all the data gets sent to an identical 'you' in a parallel universe.......

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    Sigs are for losers....oh wait...damnit
  2. Re:So how many frames will this get in Crysis? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. Re:Quantum annealing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, I stopped reading at "should of". Hurts my eyes too much.

  4. This article is a year old! by SecurityTheatre · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!