D-Wave Orion

2024-01-27 | #annealing #dwave #orion

The prototype QPU that D-Wave built was named Orion that was first demonstrated in 2007 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. This machine had a total of 16 qubits, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/8057187934/in/photostream/

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Moore's or Rose's Law

2024-01-27 | #annealing #dwave #laws

Lets talk about CPUs and Moore’s law and the new variation for quantum computers; Rose’s law[^1]. [^1] https://www.berkeleynucleonics.com/january-11th-2022-moore%E2%80%99s-law-vs-quantum-computing-it-comparing-apples-and-oranges

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Quantum

2024-01-20 | #annealing #gates #intro

What is a quantum computer? “We can define quantum computing to be a computing system that utilizes quantum physics and the different phenomena…” - Arjun Aravind 1. A computer that uses quantum properties/physics to perform equations. Types of Quantum Computers Anealing QUBO Problems2, traveling salesman, D-Wave, superconducting qubits, Good at solving optimization problems. Gate Based I will finish the Astro tutorial, and then keep adding more posts. Watch this space for more to come.

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