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D-Wave Aims to Beat Any Classical Computer
D-Wave founder Geordie Rose says a recently published paper found that the quantum computer's Vesuvius 6 processor "is competitive with what's arguably the most highly optimized semiconductor-based solution possible today."
Credit: D-Wave Systems Inc.
The D-Wave Two quantum computer produced several interesting achievements during its benchmarking phase at the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, reports D-Wave founder Geordie Rose.
The tests showed the quantum computer's 509-qubit Vesuvius 6 (V6) processor can rival state-of-the-art semiconducting processors, and it employs quantum information science concepts that compete with the best classical computing systems.
Rose points out that a recently published paper "shows that V6 is competitive with what's arguably the most highly optimized semiconductor-based solution possible today, even on a problem type that in hindsight was a bad choice." He notes it also was discovered that the problem type selected for the benchmarking was in error.
Meanwhile, a blog post by Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory member Google says the machine is approximately 35,500 times faster than popular commercial solvers. Rose says this is a stunning achievement given that the system is only in its second generation. D-Wave also learned the system has been operating around the clock for about six months without a second of downtime.
Finally, Rose says the fact that these advances have occurred in the last year alone leads him to predict the D-Wave processor will be able to beat any possible computer within a few more generations.
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