The article states that adiabatic quantum computers cannot be used to solve crypto, so presumably they have a limited range of operations? It sounds very odd. The researcher on page 2 said he didn't think it was very likely that they can scale it up to 1000 qbits... we'll see.
----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- 2007.02.15 - 04:25:06GMT ----- Unless D-Wave are total frauds or their science is all wrong, the shit is about to hit the fan for computer security. --- Rose says D-Wave plans to submit its results for peer review at a major journal. He notes that experts will be given a chance to inspect the system, and that the company plans to make its prototype available online free of charge to stir interest. Users would enter a problem to be solved, and the device would send the solution from Canada. And how exactly would users know that it was the quantum computer rather than a human or ordinary computer answering their queries? "There's really no way to convince a skeptic who's accessing the machine remotely," Rose admits. For now, D-Wave's device is slower than an inexpensive home computer, but Rose says a potentially faster 1,000-qubit version should be available by the end of next year. from: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa001&articleID=BD4EFAA8-E7F2-99DF-372B272D3E271363
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