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D-Wave Large-Scale Quantum Chip Validated, Says USC Team
An anonymous reader writes "A team of scientists says it has verified that quantum effects are indeed at work in the D-Wave processor, the first commercial quantum optimization computer processor. The team demonstrated that the D-Wave processor behaves in a manner that indicates that quantum mechanics has a functional role in the way it works. The demonstration involved a small subset of the chip's 128 qubits, but in other words, the device appears to be operating as a quantum processor."
Great... now the NSA can record everything we do *and* everything we don't do in all possible parallel universes... Welp, the analog world was nice while it lasted I guess.
-- stoops
Scientists prove Intel silicon chip conducts electricity!
A team of scientists says it has verified that electrical effects are indeed at work in the Intel processor. The team demonstrated that the Intel processor behaves in a manner that indicates that electrons have a functional role in the way it works. The demonstration involved a small subset of the chip's silicon traces, but in other words, the device appears to be operating as a circuit.
Scientists prove abacus beads are mobile!
A team of scientists says it has verified that bead sliding is indeed at work in the abacus. The team demonstrated that the abacus behaves in a manner that indicates that beads moving back and forth have a functional role in the way it works. The demonstration involved a small subset of the abacus's wooden beads, but in other words, the device appears to be operating as an arithmetic aid.
Are we going to need quantum mechanics to work on these chips and computers?
1) Yes
2) No
--next calculation--
1) No
2) Yes
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I just went googling for my old posts about how to do integer factorization with D-Wave. Guess what? GONE!
That's what you get for observing them.