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Inside the sub-zero lair of the world's most powerful quantum computer (www.bbc.com)

submitted 4 days ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/technology@piefed.social

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[The quantum chip] solved a benchmark problem in minutes that would have taken the best computer in the world 10 septillion years, so more than a trillion trillion, or one with 25 zeros on the end, more than the age of the universe.

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[–] MetalSlugX@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This article reads like a bunch of hokum and company-provided hype sans a single meaningful technical detail.

To date, not a single QC "computation" has been done without rigging the outcome from the start.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Not true, one time I did a Hadamard. No rigging at all.

[–] teft@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

Saying 10 septillion years is “more than the age of the universe” is quite the understatement.