As we talked about a decade ago in the wake of launching The Next Platform, quantum computers – at least the fault tolerant ones being built by IBM, Google, Rigetti, and a few others – need a massive amount of traditional Von Neumann compute to help maintain their state, assist with qubit error correction, and assist with their computations. …
D-Wave executives stirred up some controversy earlier this year when they claimed a smaller version of its Advantage 2 annealing quantum system, armed with 1,200 qubits, had reached “quantum supremacy,” – or “quantum advantage” – that significant but ill-defined time when a quantum system is able to solve a problem in much less time, at a lower cost, or more efficiently than the most powerful classical supercomputer. …
Momentum is building for quantum computing and some observers say that a usable, fault-tolerant quantum system could appear in the next few years. …
Sitting in an office at QuEra Computing’s Boston headquarters, Yuval Boger was talking about the recent advancements made in quantum computing that are driving the chorus around an accelerated the timeframe the launch of a usable and reliable system. …
For decades, discussions around quantum computing has felt similar to family driving vacations, with someone in the back seat constantly asking “are we there yet?” …
The way that Nvidia co-founder and chief executive officer Jensen Huang sees it, his company’s role in the ever-emerging quantum computing field is no different than that in other industries where AI and accelerated computing play roles. …
In a panel discussion during GPU Technical Conference a few weeks ago, Nvidia co-founder and chief executive officer Jensen Huang suggested to executives of several quantum computing companies that are calling their systems “computers” may be a misnomer and that a better tag might be “instruments.” …
In a scene from the movie Gladiator, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, worried about the fragility of his empire, tells his general, Maximus: “There was once a dream that was Rome. …
As if you don’t have enough to do with the AI revolution, Microsoft says that 2025 is also the year that organizations need to begin getting ready for quantum computing. …
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