Under the Hood of Quantum Computing

nanotrends writes "Gordie Rose, the CTO of Dwave Systems, the venture funded company that plans to offer paid use of a superconducting quantum computer starting in 2007, reveals secrets of his quantum computer construction. It is based on nobium superconducting 'circuits of atoms' and is not RSFQ. (Rapid Single Flux quantum)."

Re:Woo Woo science

[Iwanowitch]

any approach thus far is good at (a) or (b), but not both.

Ooh, Heisenberg-approaches!

The guy is a *tad* optimistic

[Ancient_Hacker]

Seeing as nobody has been able to make even a 2-bit quantum adder, the guy is a bit optimistic that he will have a supercomputer in a year.

BTW all circuits on the lowest level are "quantum" circuits, so maybe he's just trying to pass off his Packard-Bell 66MHz PC as a quantum computer?

It's a *quantum* computer

[WilliamSChips]

If you assess the capabilities of the system, it disappears!

Re:Advantages?

[Hobadee]

Advantages? ADVANTAGES!? Dude, think, your framerate for Counter-Strike will RULE!

-Eric Kincl

Re:Advantages?

[mickwd]

Or, following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat, we can determine if it really is a live quantum computer, but we can't know where it is.

Re:Advantages?

[mickwd]

I guess that's what I get for trying to tell a joke on a US Web Show without a laughter track in the background.

Quantum computers...eh

[InterestingX]

When they come up with a quantum torpedo, I'll listen...

Re:Advantages?

[Digi421]

Or if you would know where it is, you'd never be able to figure out how fast it really is.