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Re: IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/4/16 6:04 PM, Double-A wrote:
>> On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 5:59:13 AM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>>> IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud
>>>> http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/ibm-puts-a-quantum-processor-in-the-cloud
>>>
>>>
>>>> IBM announced today that it is making one of its superconducting
>>>> quantum processors accessible over the Internet. Those itching to try
>>>> out such hardware will be able to get hands-on experience through a
>>>> new quantum computing platform--at least, the experience will be as
>>>> hands-on as it can be with hardware sealed inside a remote dilution
>>>> refrigerator and cooled to a fraction of a degree above absolute
>>>> zero.
>>>>
>>>> With just five qubits, the chip won't let you rapidly factor large
>>>> numbers in order to break encryption. In fact, a classical simulation
>>>> of this system takes less time to run, says Jay Gambetta, manager of
>>>> the Theory of Quantum Computing and Information Group at IBM's Thomas
>>>> J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
>>>>
>>>> IBM is offering software that will let people run a five-qubit
>>>> quantum processor from any computer or mobile device. Proximity to a
>>>> dilution refrigerator not required.
>>>
>>>> But the goal of this tool, says Gambetta, "is to get people to start
>>>> thinking quantum, to start thinking in terms of how a quantum
>>>> computer works. Most people think quantum is hard or it's spooky or
>>>> it's different. And yes it's different, but it's actually not hard."
>>>
>>
>>
>> So, what are the advantages?
>>
>> Double-A
>>
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IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 07:59 -0500
  Re: IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-05-04 16:04 -0700
    Re: IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 19:14 -0500
      Re: IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-05-05 00:44 +0000
      Re: IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud Nicolaas Vroom <nicolaas.vroom@pandora.be> - 2016-05-08 05:50 -0700
        Re: IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 08:25 -0500

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