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Re:What are companies doing with D-Wave’s quantum hardware? by psychphysic on Monday January 02, 2023 @12:26PM (#34220672)
I'm an outsider but still sceptical as NASA and Google turned to Dwave (circa 2013) and we saw pretty much nothing since.
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Re:What are companies doing with D-Wave’s quantum hardware? by vbezhenar on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:06PM (#34224326)
If Dwave managed to sell snake oil to NASA and Google, they have the best sales in the world.
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Re:What are companies doing with D-Wave’s quantum hardware? by oldgradstudent on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @11:25AM (#34233532)
This is a rumor I've heard at the time. Take it with a massive grain of salt, it could be complete bullshit.

Google purchased the D-Wave machines as a retention attempt of a few employees (probably former physicists) that were threatening to leave. The understanding was that they could play with the machines in their "20%".

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