Two years ago Google and NASA bought a D-Wave 2X quantum computing system and the Chocolate Factory has now pronounced itself very pleased with the results.
"We found that for problem instances involving nearly 1000 binary variables, quantum annealing significantly outperforms its classical counterpart, simulated annealing. It is more than 10000000 times faster than simulated annealing running on a single core," Hartmut Neven, Google's director of engineering reported on Tuesday.
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The Quantum computer looks like a very fast PC.
"We found that for problem instances involving nearly 1000 binary variables, quantum annealing significantly outperforms its classical counterpart, simulated annealing. It is more than 10000000 times faster than simulated annealing running on a single core," Hartmut Neven, Google's director of engineering reported on Tuesday.
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The Quantum computer looks like a very fast PC.
