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Google and NASA Snap Up D-Wave Quantum Computer

Posted by Unknown on from the at-least-we-think-they-did dept.

ananyo writes "D-Wave, the small company that sells the world's only commercial quantum computer, has just bagged an impressive new customer: a collaboration between Google, NASA and the non-profit Universities Space Research Association. The three organizations have joined forces to install a D-Wave Two, the computer company's latest model, in a facility launched by the collaboration — the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA's Ames Research Center. The lab will explore areas such as machine learning — useful for functions such as language translation, image searches and voice-command recognition. The Google-led collaboration is only the second customer to buy computer from D-Wave — Lockheed Martin was the first."

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  1. Or Not by A10Mechanic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or Not. I can't tell.

  2. Re:What language do you write code in? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd be curious what computer language they use to program this thing.

    Objective Quark.

  3. Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can solve those traveling salesman problems that have been plaguing our society for hundreds of years!

  4. Re:What language do you write code in? by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd be curious what computer language they use to program this thing.

    Objective Quark.

    Or C±±

  5. Re:Quantum porn! by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    On your screen before you even thought of searching for it!

    Quantum porn - you can't tell both what position they are in and how fast they are going at the same time

  6. Re:What language do you write code in? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd be curious what computer language they use to program this thing.

    Objective Quark.

    Or C±±

    Or subjective c

  7. Re:Welcome by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our new quantum computer overlords.

    Don't hold your breath, I predict that there is a world market for maybe five such computers.

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    Ezekiel 23:20
  8. Re:What language do you write code in? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Python, actually. The quantum part is treated like an oracle.

  9. Re:What language do you write code in? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's an MP3 encoder, not a Programming language, and it's not even any kind of wordplay either.

  10. Re:What language do you write code in? by TheSkepticalOptimist · · Score: 3, Funny

    SILENCE, if it was a real Quantum computer then every program is already written in every language known and to be yet invented.

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    I haven't thought of anything clever to put here, but then again most of you haven't either.