I would be most curious to know how they arrive at double exponential. I have not yet read this paper.
LC On Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 12:06:57 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > Here is a copy of that leaked paper: > > Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lv8p1fB47z1pEZVlfDXhop082Lc-kdD/view> > > I found these quotes from it to be particularly interesting: > > > *"We show that quantum speedup is achievable in a real-world system and > isnot precluded by any hidden physical laws." * > > *"Our processor takes about 200 seconds to sample one instance of the > quantum circuit 1 million times, a state-of-the-art supercomputer would > require approximately 10,000 years to perform the equivalent task."* > > *"Quantum processors based on superconducting qubits can now perform > computations in a Hilbert space of dimension 2^53 ≈ 9 × 10^15, beyond the > reach of the fastest classical supercomputers available today. To our > knowledge, this experiment marks the first computation that can only be > performed on a quantum processor."* > > *"Quantum processors have thus reached the regime of quantum supremacy. We > expect their computational power will continue to grow at a double > exponential rate"* > > For me the most stunning thing about the entire article is the 3 words > "double > exponential rate" > > John K Clark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/39c408ba-ac1f-4eae-9ee6-b7a79fe61376%40googlegroups.com.
