Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Feb 2007 22:12 UTC
A Canadian start-up says it will demonstrate a working commercial quantum computer in Mountain View next week, years ahead of many experts' predictions. Venture capital-funded to the tune of USD 20m, Vancouver-based D-Wave says it has built a quantum computer with 16 qubits - the quantum world's version of a digital bit, but which simultaneously encodes 1 and 0, so can carry more information and solve problems more quickly.
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So what makes these quantum computers different from normal processors aside from the technology employed? I understand they're totally different, means they require special compilers and the instructions will be totally different from the industry standards we have today. Judging by that blog it's designed to solve very niche problems, not for general computing. And is there any merit in using them instead of normal processors?