efangs

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NSA upgrades encryption recommendations to be quantum safe(iad.gov)
2 points by efangs 11y ago|2 comments
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by efangs 11y ago
A single Dwave is not faster than a cluster of CPUs. Is a cluster of Dwaves faster than a cluster of CPUs? Maybe at the two problems Google looked at.
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by efangs 11y ago
If you give classical k cores, then to be fair you should give quantum k D-waves. If you are only making a scaling argument, then no need to include terms that cancel. If you want to make a comparison between currently available hardware, t
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by efangs 11y ago
Because both D-wave and the classical algorithms will benefit linearly with parallelization. If they want to make a claim about the scaling ratio between D-wave and classical algorithms, then this linear term would cancel.
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by efangs 11y ago
People above are right about parallelization not being a useful benchmark. On the other hand, benchmarking against other special purpose hardware (like an FPGA, ASIC, RQL, etc.) is definitely of interest.
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by efangs 11y ago
Quantum annealing could "potentially" provide a speedup for any optimization problem that can be reduced to a spin Ising form, particularly quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO). Notice the emphasis on potentially, th
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by efangs 11y ago
This ad lost me at "Dave Matthews Band".
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by efangs 11y ago
First off, this is not a "quantum computer" as defined by the field. Instead it is a "quantum annealer" that relies on the quantum adiabatic theorem, though it's pretty clear it is impossible for these spins devices
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by efangs 12y ago
Awesome!
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by efangs 12y ago
Hi, I like the site and idea. I was wondering if you were thinking of taking it one step further, however, and making it an actual pre-print server? I would think that if you expect people to take the "credit for reviewing" model
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by efangs 12y ago
The implementation of their ideas can be found here: http://www.lib-res.org/ . I have to say that I am essentially 100% in line with their views on how the peer review system should be structured. However, the site, for lack
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by efangs 12y ago
"Unexpected" for a very good reason: it violates conservation of momentum, and is likely flawed. See http://space.io9.com/a-new-thruster-pushes-against-virtual-p... .