First Commercial Quantum Computer Unleashed on World

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First Commercial Quantum Computer Unleashed on World

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... at the least the world of the superrich or of corporations with a few million bucks burning a hole in the wallet. It's priced at a cool $10 mil.

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Wasn't sure whether to put this in here or in science/technology forum...
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But will it or won't it break down when running Windows?
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Interesting, so in ten to twenty we may see these in our computers.

One more step till Skynet...
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McAvoy wrote: One more step till Skynet...
We already have Skynet: Wiki BBC

There's also a Japanese robotics comapny called Cyberdyne, which makes robot suit things with the reassuring name of HAL
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I think that they're just screwing with us.
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Nickswitz wrote:I think that they're just screwing with us.
That thought had occurred to me. Of course, since it's priced a wee bit out of our price range (and that kind of price might well be a fair one for a real quantum computer at this point, if not low) it's hard to verify. :lol:
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