Lockheed Martin Purchases First Commercial Quantum Computer 189
Panaflex writes "D-Wave systems announced general availability for its 128 qubit adiabatic quantum machine just two weeks ago, and reports of its first sale to Lockheed Martin have come out."
The D-Wave Systems site has a rather informative collection of quantum computing papers.
I want one... (Score:3, Funny)
...but I'm uncertain if I'll buy one. Maybe I should check with my cat.
Bad Translation (Score:5, Funny)
I found the D-Wave white papers very hard to understand, but I'm sure it's because of a poor translation from the original Vulcan to (sortof) English.
Re:My Feelings (Score:4, Funny)
I'm simultaneously for and against this.
Schrödinger? Is that you?
Re:Did some wiki-browsing... (Score:4, Funny)
The basic idea is to enter "42" and see what happens.
Re:I want one... (Score:4, Funny)
...but I'm uncertain if I'll buy one. Maybe I should check with my cat.
Oh NOW you remember to check the cat. It's been locked in that box for a week now. It's dead.
or is it?
Re:iQubit (Score:5, Funny)
I guess I am just have to wait for the Apple Quantum Computer User Experience
Me too -- in particular I'm looking forward to the quantum MWI version of FaceTime, which connects you to various alternate-universe versions of yourself, so you can compare notes and see who made the better decisions.