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Re:IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip Foundry by rightbyte on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:19PM (#48283639)
> We're running approximations on classic computers but estimate that we'd save billions if we could reach optimum.

Wont some Monte Carlo sim get you quite close?

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Re:IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip Foundry by alphager on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:45PM (#48284042)
We are as close as you can get, but we estimate that we're about 3.5% away from true optimum on the hardest problem we try to optimize.
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