[HN Gopher] D-Wave achieves calibration of Advantage2 processor
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       D-Wave achieves calibration of Advantage2 processor
        
       Author : donutloop
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2024-11-08 10:04 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | az09mugen wrote:
       | Wow, 4,400+ Qubits is impressive, I wonder how they made it
       | stable. Last time I read about the record it was IBM with around
       | 1000 qubits.
        
         | rurban wrote:
         | This looks like a final goodbye to good old RSA
        
         | MattPalmer1086 wrote:
         | D wave don't make general quantum computers. They use what is
         | called quantum annealing. It's not comparable to IBMs, and you
         | can't run general quantum algorithms on it.
        
           | dewarrn1 wrote:
           | I'll bite: what quantum things can they run on it? Or, what
           | is its utility as a quantum computing device?
        
       | exabrial wrote:
       | I'm just wondering, can we run shors algo yet or no? :)
        
         | ionwake wrote:
         | How would we know
        
         | MattPalmer1086 wrote:
         | Not on a d wave processor, it's not a general purpose quantum
         | computer.
        
         | andyjohnson0 wrote:
         | The systems made by D-Wave do quantum annealing, not general
         | purpose quantum computation. As such, they are very useful for
         | optimisation problems but they can't run Shor's algorithm.
        
           | bee_rider wrote:
           | Can they be used to train DNNs?
        
             | nick__m wrote:
             | only if you can formulate it as an optimization problem
             | under 4,400bit !
        
       | slenk wrote:
       | But can it run Doom?
        
         | nickpinkston wrote:
         | Yes, and it can explore the entire map all at once.
        
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