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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2006-09-26
Yea, but it's still funny... I mean, did you even try to imagine it (atleast while browsing SD)?