The Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab just bought a 5,000-qubit quantum computer
https://thenextweb.com/science/2019/09/24/the-los-alamos-nuclear-weapons-lab-just-bought-a-5000-qubit-quantum-computer/
D-Wave today announced its next generation “Advantage” quantum computer system. It’ll pack a whopping 5,000 qubits and myriad improvements to processing speed and power. And the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico will be among the first to have access.
According to a press release from D-Wave, the new Advantage system improves on the previous generation’s 2000Q model – which sports a paltry-by-comparison 2,048 qubits – in nearly every conceivable way:
The Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab just bought a 5,000-qubit quantum computer
Sep 24, 2019, 11:21pm UTC
https://thenextweb.com/science/2019/09/24/the-los-alamos-nuclear-weapons-lab-just-bought-a-5000-qubit-quantum-computer/
> D-Wave today announced its next generation “Advantage” quantum computer system. It’ll pack a whopping 5,000 qubits and myriad improvements to processing speed and power. And the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico will be among the first to have access.
> According to a press release from D-Wave, the new Advantage system improves on the previous generation’s 2000Q model – which sports a paltry-by-comparison 2,048 qubits – in nearly every conceivable way: