On Fri, 6 May 2016 13:48:00 -0700 Sean Lynch <seanl@literati.org> wrote:
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 12:27 PM, juan <juan.g71@gmail.com> wrote:
related
These are both about D-Wave's machines, which are not universal quantum computers. IBM's is universal,
Yes, that's why I said "related" =P What I found interesting about the d-wave 'affair' is that they can't even prove that the machines are using some kind of quantum effect. I'd expect the masters of the universe to be a bit less sloppy in scientific matters.
though it's only 5 qubits, not even as many qubits as they used to factor the number 15. Still, I think there's plenty of reason to be skeptical of QC, and even if you're not that skeptical of it, we've still got decades before it'll be cracking even 1024 bit RSA.
I just learned about "topological qbits" - they seem even less practical than ibm's stuff, at least for the time being...