On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Ron Garret <r...@flownet.com> wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2015, at 9:17 PM, Ryan Carboni <rya...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Actually D-wave supposedly managed 512-Qubits. > > Yes, but they’re not all mutually entangled. Each qubit only communicates > with six others. (Even that is pretty impressive though.)
No, D-wave didn't make a quantum computer capable of running Shor's algorithm. It's unclear if D-wave's device even works, and there are certain theoretical reasons to suspect it didn't. See http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1400 for actual people who know things saying things. > > rg > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography -- "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
