Article D-Wave Unveils Quieter, Higher-Performance 2000Q Quantum Processor

[Lucian Armasu]

D-Wave announced a new version of its 2000Q quantum annealing computer with lower-noise and much higher performance.

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[jkflipflop98]

The quantum wave is coming. And it isn't. Depends on your point of view.

 

[jsmithepa]

This quantum computing thing is start to sound like room temp fusion.

 

[bit_user]

This quantum computing thing is start to sound like room temp fusion.

In what way?

If you're expecting to have a quantum CPU in your home, nobody is forecasting that. These machines currently require impractical amounts of refrigeration and EMI protection, and there's no clear way around that. That doesn't mean quantum computing won't happen, just that it will be limited to cloud computing. It's still a big deal.

 

[jsmithepa]

U know this is the beginning of Skynet and the end of biologicals

 

[AllanGH]

I wonder if there's a Debian .iso to load on it?

 

[bit_user]

U know this is the beginning of Skynet and the end of biologicals

No, I don't know that.

D-Wave's quantum computers aren't at all suited to general AI. They'd be horrible at it, in fact.

If you're going to be alarmist, you should try to be better informed.

 

[bit_user]

I wonder if there's a Debian .iso to load on it?

No, they don't work like normal computers. They're actually a lot more like analog computers.

It's a bit like this:

...except you don't physically connect wires. But, you still have to configure the weights to represent a problem, let it perform quantum annealing, and then read out the results.

That's not a fast operation. It's way too slow for anything realtime or interactive, which is why it's not amenable to general AI.

 

[AllanGH]

Appearance-wise, it sort-of resembles an IMSAI on steroids....