D-Wave Deep Freeze

14 responses to “D-Wave Deep Freeze”

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   BenODen

   Feb 9, 2007 at 10:32 pm

   I can’t wait for the actual announcement with benchmarks! (Makes the NSA squeal in 2ns.)

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   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Feb 10, 2007 at 6:53 am

   It sounds like a great venture!

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   Erik Charlton

   Feb 10, 2007 at 6:11 pm

   We are living in the coolest era ever! Your leadership is spectacular.

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   Todd Huffman

   Feb 10, 2007 at 6:54 pm

   But can it run Quake?

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   benjiman

   Feb 12, 2007 at 5:49 am

   It does run Quake, only it actually sticks you into another universe where the actual battle is commencing. Grab your BFGs!

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6. 

   learned move

   Feb 12, 2007 at 6:25 am

   Can’t wait for bencmarks either…. what software will run on it? I wonder when we start programming for those puppies. 😉
   That red ladder looks very hi-tech there . 😉

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   benjiman

   Feb 12, 2007 at 6:30 pm

   …And just imagine all the fun new sorts of code! This seems like it could take programming into very creative directions.

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   benjiman

   Feb 17, 2007 at 1:57 am

   Uh oh, there is some quantum uncertainty….

   I’m still a believer.

   Like the bumpersticker says: some must lead so that others may follow!

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   jurvetson

   Feb 17, 2007 at 8:32 pm

   Yeah, when you get entagled with academia, you see a whole new side of cynicism. In the presentation, they said they are submitting the material for peer review.

   Meanwhile, I think Oxford’s David Deutsch summarized it well:

   Wired News: D-Wave announced 16 qubits, and they want people to play with them, so they’re talking about having a web API where people can try to port their own applications and see how it works. Do you think that’s a good approach to gaining some acceptability and mind share for the idea of quantum computing?

   David Deutsch: I think the field doesn’t need acceptability. The idea will either be valid, or not. The claim will either be true, or not. I think that the normal processes of scientific criticism, peer review and just general discussion in the scientific community is going to test this idea — provided enough information is given of what this idea is. That will be quite independent of what kind of access they provide to the public. However, I think the idea of providing an interface such as you describe is a very good one. I think it’s a wonderful idea. (Source: Wired)

   "There are still a lot of ifs and maybes here," says quantum computing researcher Seth Lloyd of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But he credits D-Wave for its willingness to test the idea. "From the scientific perspective," he says, "what they’re doing is very interesting."
   (from Scientific American)

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    On. Goemon

    Mar 11, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    traveling salesmen around the world are crossing their fingers wishing dwave great success..

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    benjiman

    Mar 11, 2007 at 4:41 pm

    LOL arturo. NASA had hand in building some of the components, so perhaps the naysayers can simmer down a bit.

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    schoschie

    May 26, 2008 at 10:32 am

    Just read an article about D-Wave’s quantum computers in an article on the German version of Tech. Review
    http://www.heise.de/tr/Die-D-Wellenreiter–/artikel/108112/0/0
    … it’s funny how in the article the D-Wave people are described as not exactly knowing (or not wanting to tell) if it’s working as it’s supposed to work, but it’s still working!

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    jurvetson

    May 13, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    slow and steady progress with academia, now with a paper in Nature

    

    per Deutsch’s comment above

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14. 

    bfbrlgmvkyren

    May 16, 2012 at 11:57 am

    真漂亮

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