Quantum Computer within 3 yrs

[silverpig]

From /.

"Vancouver, BC-based D-Wave Systems got $17.5 mln from Draper Fisher Jurvetson to work on a preliminary version of a quantum computer, Technology Review reports. Delivery date? Within three years: 'It won't be a fully functional quantum computer of the sort long envisioned; but D-Wave is on track to produce a special-purpose, "noisy" piece of quantum hardware that could solve many of the physical-simulation problems that stump today's computers, says David Meyer, a mathematician working on quantum algorithms at the University of California, San Diego.'"

I live in Vancouver and would love to do a project over at D-Wave

 

[f95toli]

My advice is not to trust this info at all. There is zero chance that they will be able to deliver a QC in 3 years, at most they might be able to connect 6-8 qubits if they are lucky.

d-Wave has a really bad reputation in the business and are famous for promising things they can't live up to. They are also famous for breaking contracts.

And no, I don't have a link. I have worked with people from d-wave from time to time during the past five years so I have had personal experience dealing with them (I should point out that there are a few very nice people who work there, they are not all bad).

BTW, the name of the company was taken from the type of qubit I work on (the d-wave qubit) but nowadays they are mainly working on Mooij type flux-qubits with indirect inductive readout.

 

[Valkerie]

I'd say it'd be successful if they perform operations at three times the rate PCI-SIG did their development and standardizations, as well as partnership with very large corporate networks.

I mean, one mathematician? You've got to be kidding me?
You know, you need hundreds of pages of advanced algebra done on high powered computers to design aircraft, for example. And this takes large amounts of teams working together.

 

[coomar]

one of my profs specializes in quantum computing, university of waterloo built a facilty for it as well

 

[JDCentral]

It depends on what they mean by a 'quantum computer', I guess.

 

[f95toli]

The problem is that I know exactly what they mean, I still say they won't succed.

 

[delroy]

The most advanced quantum computers have not gone beyond manipulating more than 7 qubits, (pretty much meaning that they are still at the "1 + 1" stage)....

Thats going to be a long 3 years

 

[inveterate]

what makes a computer Quantum???? me n00ber

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: inveterate
what makes a computer Quantum???? me n00ber

I believe (I'm not sure either), it means that a 'bit', which is normally either 1 or 0 can be both or none at the same time.