Honeywell is rolling out a supercomputer to take on Google and IBM
Honeywell, formerly known for its thermostats, is now rolling out a powerful quantum computer that's been in the works for a decade.
Honeywell says its quantum computer will be even more powerful than those built by big names such as Google and IBM. JPMorgan Chase has signed on as Honeywell's first customer, and the companies will work together to develop quantum computing use cases for the finance business in areas such as fraud detection and artificial intelligence for trading.
[...] The company combined technology expertise from its various areas of business — including high vacuum systems and precision control electronics — to develop the computer. Honeywell also invested in two quantum software development firms that will work with the company and its quantum customers.
"We wanted to be able to shape how quantum computing gets used," Tony Uttley, president of Honeywell Quantum Solutions, told CNN Business. "We actually want to be our own best customer in this."
Honeywell is already working on quantum computing solutions for its aerospace and materials development businesses, Uttley said.
(Score: 2) by DavePolaschek on Tuesday March 17 2020, @01:34PM (1 child)
It also depended greatly on the location. I was at one of the "hot" imaging research centers, where idiots who were good researchers were given a lot more freedom, as long as they kept the government cash rolling in. Some cool research happened there, but...
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday March 17 2020, @02:06PM
Hopefully someday I'll be able to reflect on experiences like yours, and my own too of course, and understand the conundrum of politics: that the people who most should carry guns, be cops, be govt. leaders, be corporate leaders, are the ones who are very rarely so. What bugs me is: how do the obvious jerks get and hold power. USA's govt. was painstakingly designed to combat this very problem, yet we have so many jerks in govt. I'm especially thinking of local township managers, supervisors, school boards, on and on, where they pretty much have almost infinite power over raising taxes, fees, seizing property, etc. There's too much apathy in the masses, and I'm not quite sure why. It's amazing we won the American Revolution because there were huge percentages of Loyalists (to the English king) and pacifists. That'll be my next study... I hated history in school, now I like it. I have a friend who is a history teacher- I'll ask her about it. Thanks for inspiring me with something to do during the COVID social freeze.