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Microsoft's Cool Quantum Computing Plan Embraces Cryogenic Memory (pcworld.com)
An anonymous reader shares a PCWorld report: Microsoft has crazy quantum computing plans: first, it built hardware based on a particle that hasn't even been discovered. Now, it's hoping to co-design super-cool memory for quantum computers. The company is working with Rambus to develop and build prototype computers with memory subsystems that can be cooled at cryogenic temperatures, typically below minus 180 degrees Celsius or minus 292 degrees Fahrenheit. Cryogenics goes hand in hand with quantum computers, which promise to be significantly faster than today's PCs and servers and may even eventually replace them. But the systems are notoriously unstable and need to be stored in refrigerators for faster and secure operation. As an example, D-Wave's 2000Q quantum computer needs to be kept significantly cooler than supercomputers so operations don't break down.
Quantum-"computing" is not progress. It is a scam that may never work and will not work for any meaningful tasks anytime soon. Perfect for MS and Rambus, as the two companies have long end extensive experience with ripping off their customers.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.