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D-Wave Announces Commercially Available Quantum Computer

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @12:50AM 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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First_post & !First_post by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-20 01:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This is simultaneously the first post and not the first post!
W00T!