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D-Wave Improves 2000Q Quantum Annealer, Claims 25x Performance Increase

Accepted submission by takyon at 2019-05-16 15:21:07
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D-Wave Unveils Higher-Performance 2000Q Quantum Processor [tomshardware.com]

D-Wave today debuted a new processor for quantum computing. With lower noise (noise in quantum computing is also known as quantum decoherence or error rate), the D-Wave 2000Q processor boasts up to 25 times better performance than its predecessor. It takes advantage of D-Wave's new and improved quantum computing platform announced earlier this year [tomshardware.com] and is available now.

In February, D-Wave announced a new quantum annealing platform with a new qubit topology, lower noise, a higher number of qubits (for future D-Wave quantum computers), as well as hybrid software and tools that the company said it would deliver by mid-2020.

[...] D-Wave said that its customers have developed more than 150 quantum applications for the D-Wave quantum computer in areas such as airline scheduling, election modeling, quantum chemistry simulation, automotive design, preventative healthcare and logistics. Some have also developed new tools to improve the application development process.

Previously: D-Wave Announces Availability of a ~2,000 Qubit Machine and a Customer for It [soylentnews.org]
Google and NASA Still on Board With D-Wave, Upgrade to 2048 "Qubits" [soylentnews.org]
NASA and Google Collaboration Turns on D-Wave 2000Q System [soylentnews.org]


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