NASA and Google extend contract with D-Wave Quantum Computing

[HEXUS]

They sign up to another seven years of updates from the pioneering Canadian firm.

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[Tabbykatze]

I think the arguments against the D-Wave and all Quantum systems of it's type is that once it's measured then it's no longer quantum. Quantum bits are both 1 and 0 until they are measured and then Quantum indeterminancy goes flying out the window.

[shaithis]

I think the arguments against the D-Wave and all Quantum systems of it's type is that once it's measured then it's no longer quantum. Quantum bits are both 1 and 0 until they are measured and then Quantum indeterminancy goes flying out the window.

My understanding of Quantum computing was that the cpu can essentially consume its resource on a task while still running a huge number of other resource-intensive tasks, with each task essentially being computed in a different universe.

On a lighter note, D:Wave were actually in the latest episode of Continuum - terrorists from the future steeling quantum computers!

[MaddogPepper]

Why is Steven Hawking doing the webinar?

[Tabbykatze]

My understanding of Quantum computing was that the cpu can essentially consume its resource on a task while still running a huge number of other resource-intensive tasks, with each task essentially being computed in a different universe.

That seems to be "just about it" and it's quite hard to quantify (heh) exactly what or how the resources are being consumed for the tasks. In a report of time-to-target metrics and being benchmarked against single core super processors of the current architectures it was found that certain ways that processes are done, Q-computing is no better whereas others it left things behind in the dust. Another article written shortly after (having trouble finding again) boiled it down to that the way a Q-computer works requires the processes and algorithms to be set up differently than their standard silicon ancestors. This led to the development and swathes of researching into a new line of Quantum Programmers. Because standard models for programming suck for Q-computing, lets make a new methodology with blackjack and Q Hookers.