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It isn't clear to me from the press release whether these are similar to D-Wave's quantum annealing qubits, or if these are another type (e.g. more like a "true
by gervase 9y ago
It isn't clear to me from the press release whether these are similar to D-Wave's quantum annealing qubits, or if these are another type (e.g. more like a "true" qubit). Is there another source with more information?
- samstave 9y agoEli5 a true qubit
- deusum 9y agoOver at the Wikipedia it's reported that the latest D-Wave products have 2048 qubits. So, I would hope that announcing a processor with only 17 means a fundamental shift. Of course, it could be marketing running away with it.
- gaze 9y agoThese are transmon qubits... they're designed for long coherence times, in other words, to store quantum information for long periods of time. D-Wave qubits do not have long coherence times-- by D-Wave's own admission. They argue that long coherence times are not necessary for quantum annealing. Many don't buy this argument.