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I wonder if this was another case of engineering/marketing disconnect, and by the time everything got sorted out they were in over their head. Engineer: "It ca
by Analemma_ 10y ago
I wonder if this was another case of engineering/marketing disconnect, and by the time everything got sorted out they were in over their head.
Engineer: "It can use supercooled qubits to solve certain kinds of annealing problems and-"
Marketing (and management): "It's a quantum computer?"
Engineer: "Well, no, it sort of uses quantum mechanics to to operate, but it doesn't-"
Marketing: "For immediate release: D-Wave builds quantum computer!"
- wolfgke 10y agoIn this sense we can argue that Intel will perhaps soon deliver a quantum computer since Intel is currently researching on 10nm Quantum Well Field Transistors (QWFET) to replace FinFET transistors that are currently used: > http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/analyst-predicts-intel-new-methods-moores-law/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/analyst-predicts-inte... If we are evil marketers we can even claim any computer is a quantum computer (though not using quantum effects in an essential way - but this can be left out), since anything in the world (e.g. matter) only exists because of the laws governing quantum physics.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIf you expand your criteria to unaffiliated evil clickbait authors, you'll surely find that, and worse. The bullcrap I've seen shared on transhumanist/AI Facebook groups is just mind-boggling.