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When I read about quantum computing I can't help but think of the talk given by D-wave founder Geordie Rose. He describes quantum computers as devices that perf
by m348e912 4y ago
When I read about quantum computing I can't help but think of the talk given by D-wave founder Geordie Rose. He describes quantum computers as devices that perform calculations simultaneously across parallel universes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlRVMNVXm3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlRVMNVXm3Q
- balsam 4y agoI’m an academic quantum computing guy, and the consensus in my quasilocal community is that D-wave is, appropriately for TFA, borderline fraudulent.
- ko27 4y ago> describes quantum computers as devices that perform calculations simultaneously across parallel universes That's a completely valid interpretation shared by many physicists and quantum computer scientists. Media often misinterprets this to mean that the result is available instantly in one step, but actually we have to interfere those "worlds" to get the result with some algorithmic complexity that is unavoidable to quantum computers
- balsam 4y agoI don’t know of any physicist or CScientist who makes use of parallel universes in their thinking or publications. They may invoke the mystique to impress outsiders though.
- balsam 4y agoD-wave’s claim to fame is a Quantum Annealer, and that term itself is misleading as quantum annealing is strictly speaking a classical algorithm (albeit quantum-inspired) https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/11218/the-physical-implementation-of-quantum-annealing-algorithm https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/11218/the-physical-im...