https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2017/03/ibm-q-50-qubit-quantum-computer/ IBM will build and sell commercial 50-qubit universal quantum computers, dubbed IBM Q, "in the next few years." No word on pricing just yet, but I wouldn't expect much change from $15 million -- the cost of a non-universal D-Wave quantum computer. In other news, IBM has also opened up an API (sample code available on Github) that gives developers easier access to the five-qubit quantum computer currently connected to the IBM cloud. Later in the year, IBM will release a full SDK, further simplifying the process of building quantum software. You can't actually do much useful computation with five qubits, mind you, but fortunately IBM also has news there: the company's quantum simulator can now simulate up to 20 qubits. The idea is that developers should start thinking about potential 20-qubit quantum scenarios now, so they're ready to be deployed when IBM builds the actual hardware.
On 3/7/2017 8:08 AM, grarpamp wrote:
https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2017/03/ibm-q-50-qubit-quantum-computer/
IBM will build and sell commercial 50-qubit universal quantum computers, dubbed IBM Q, "in the next few years." No word on pricing just yet, but I wouldn't expect much change from $15 million
vaporware. The technology is not there yet. Building such a computer will require technological breakthroughs that cannot be foreseen or performed to order.
but fortunately IBM also has news there: the company's quantum simulator can now simulate up to 20 qubits.
Similating 20 qubits requires O(2^20) storage and O(2^20) computation time on a classical computer. I could simulate a 20 qubit computer on my desktop Hell, I could simulate a 32 qubit computer on my desktop. 50 qubits, however .... I would be impressed.
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