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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

#575427 — IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud

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.”


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#575598

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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#575610

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
>

   DuckDuckGo is your friend.



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#575621

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
>>
> 
>   DuckDuckGo is your friend.
 
Or in other words you can not comment on your own cut and paste, ass hat.
 
 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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#576432

Op donderdag 5 mei 2016 02:14:49 UTC+2 schreef Sam Wormley:
> 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. 
> >
> > So, what are the advantages?
> >
> > Double-A
> >
> 
> DuckDuckGo is your friend.
> 

Yes correct what are the advantages?
Quantum computers (Quantum mechanics) is "serious" business, 
but what can you do with a QC of 5 Qubits?
Can you bring each Qubit in a superposition state? 
and how do you test that?
Can you also "combine" Qubits?
A QC of 5 Qubits is almost nothing and still a far way to go
to do any serious business like factorization of large numbers.

To see what is currently possible on a standard PC please study:
http://users.telenet.be/nicvroom/shor-findprim-QC.htm
The algorithm used is based on the "shor" algorithm. 
In this particular implementation always the correct solution 
comes up. For a QC this is a ?.
In this case 4 parallel processors are used.
The current standard is already 8.
The people working on QC's have a hard way to have more Qubits
available than the # of parallel processors on a state of the art PC.

Nicolaas Vroom

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#576453

On 5/8/16 7:50 AM, Nicolaas Vroom wrote:
> Quantum computers (Quantum mechanics) is "serious" business,
> but what can you do with a QC of 5 Qubits?


   One can study reliability... a research test bed, if you will.



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