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Re:IBM Q system in development with working 50 qubit processor by jameshclark on Friday November 10, 2017 @01:46PM (#15671959)
The last news from IBM on HN about their quantum offering was that they had optimised the memory required for simulating quantum computers. 50-qubits seemed to the the upper limit before, but they managed to simulate a 56-qubit circuit. It was a good read: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05867

They've had real hardware for a while, though, and they have 5-qubit and 16-qubit machines that anyone can try via IBM Q experience.

So this is 100% legit as far as I'm concerned.

Re:IBM Q system in development with working 50 qubit processor by GreenOceanBlue on Friday November 10, 2017 @03:13PM (#15672577)
There is no such thing as a quantum computer in 2017. It is fantasy.