IBM Unveils Groundbreaking Quantum Computing System

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[borjam]

Maybe that's why Apple are dragging their feet on the Mac Pro. They are planning a Maq Pro

 

That said it's not the first time someone makes a questionable announcement of a quantum computer. D-Wave have done it several times. 

[LDstudios]

14 hours ago, borjam said:

That said it's not the first time someone makes a questionable announcement of a quantum computer. D-Wave have done it several times. 

 

 

Did you actually watch the video? It seems pretty realistic to me, both in acknowledging the efforts it has taken to create a quantum computer as a product, and the challenges that quantum computing still faces. The modern desktop computer would have been nothing without the development of the pocket calculator first. 

[borjam]

16 hours ago, LDstudios said:

Did you actually watch the video? It seems pretty realistic to me, both in acknowledging the efforts it has taken to create a quantum computer as a product, and the challenges that quantum computing still faces. The modern desktop computer would have been nothing without the development of the pocket calculator first. 

 

I saw it and it's an exciting advance. That said I think it's a bit overblown to say that they have a commercially available quantum computer. After all they acknowledge that for now there's nothing you can do with it you can't do with a conventional one. 

 

I think the video was targetted mostly at investors in order to create some buzz.

 

And yes, IBM is one of the very few companies that can eventually pull it off. Not many have Fundamental Physics research laboratories.