D-Wave Large-Scale Quantum Chip Validated, Says USC Team 141
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 Scott! (Score:5, Funny)
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
Re:It Still Doesn't Mean Much... (Score:1, Funny)
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.
What about maintenance? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:2 Standard Questions to Evaluate any tech (Score:5, Funny)
1) Yes
2) No
--next calculation--
1) No
2) Yes
Re:The question is (Score:5, Funny)
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.