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I also would love to hear someone who works in the space explain this.
by eggie 11y ago
I also would love to hear someone who works in the space explain this.
- lisper 11y agoThe paper is pretty accessible: http://www.dwavesys.com/sites/default/files/ttt_arxiv_v1.pdf http://www.dwavesys.com/sites/default/files/ttt_arxiv_v1.pdf The money quote: "a D-Wave computation is both quantum and analog, with nothing resembling a discrete instruction or basic operation that can be counted" So it's not really a quantum computer at all in the sense that the term is usually understood nowadays. It's an analog computer. And if you believe Scott Aaronson (and I do) it's a classical analog computer.