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Re:Insert D-Wave Post Here by Analemma_ on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:35AM (#13885862)

I wonder if this was another case of engineering/marketing disconnect, and by the time everything got sorted out they were in over their head.

Engineer: "It can use supercooled qubits to solve certain kinds of annealing problems and-"

Marketing (and management): "It's a quantum computer?"

Engineer: "Well, no, it sort of uses quantum mechanics to to operate, but it doesn't-"

Marketing: "For immediate release: D-Wave builds quantum computer!"

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Re:Insert D-Wave Post Here by wolfgke on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:23PM (#13886894)

In this sense we can argue that Intel will perhaps soon deliver a quantum computer since Intel is currently researching on 10nm Quantum Well Field Transistors (QWFET) to replace FinFET transistors that are currently used:

> http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/analyst-predicts-inte...

If we are evil marketers we can even claim any computer is a quantum computer (though not using quantum effects in an essential way - but this can be left out), since anything in the world (e.g. matter) only exists because of the laws governing quantum physics.

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Re:Insert D-Wave Post Here by TeMPOraL on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:56PM (#13887232)

If you expand your criteria to unaffiliated evil clickbait authors, you'll surely find that, and worse. The bullcrap I've seen shared on transhumanist/AI Facebook groups is just mind-boggling.

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