D-Wave: Is $15m machine a glimpse of future computing?

dpbadger · 20 May 2014 at 10:58

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27264552

This looks quite interesting but sadly not very good for the NSA to use it for cryptanalysis.

I'm not going to be the one to give the standard response in GD I will leave that to someone else.

Mat · 20 May 2014 at 11:00

dpbadger said:
I'm not going to be the one to give the standard response in GD

What is the standard GD response for tech related threads? Poo through its fan grill?

Freakbro · 20 May 2014 at 11:02

Will it play Crysis?

Erich Kriegler · 20 May 2014 at 11:03

Can it play Crysis maxed out at 60fps though?

porushinobu · 20 May 2014 at 11:06

kcon1 said:
Can it play Crysis maxed out at 60fps though?

probably not, crysis may not be enough lol...

Monkeynut · 20 May 2014 at 11:12

AMD users going to get shirty because it doesn't have Mantle.

Zethor · 20 May 2014 at 11:20

It's more of a marketing ploy than a revolutionary machine. They convinced Google to buy one but Google throws money at all sorts of doomed projects on a regular basis so that's nothing to brag about.

Edrof · 20 May 2014 at 11:37

Meh, think I'll wait for the F-Wave.

dpbadger · 20 May 2014 at 11:40

Will 8pack be jealous of the cooling?

robgmun · 20 May 2014 at 11:43

I think this up there with Cold Fusion. We will have quantum compuniting soon but not just yet.

benjii · 20 May 2014 at 11:48

Regardless of whether or not this machine is the break through that everyone has been waiting for, it'll certainly be a fascinating field to watch over the next 20 years or so.

233 · 20 May 2014 at 12:15

GIVE IT TO 8PACK LETS SEE WHAT IT CAN DO

oh and will it drive my 4k display @60hz? for gaming?

doodah · 20 May 2014 at 12:30

How cold is interstellar space? I thought it's damn cold! How can this be 150 times more cold?

aardvark · 20 May 2014 at 12:31

there doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence that its actually faster than normal computers, or that its a quantum computer at all.

doodah · 20 May 2014 at 12:33

This isn't sponsored by Steorn is it

?

jsmoke · 20 May 2014 at 12:37

tl;dr / don't have time...

However, quantum computing isn't necessarily all it's made up to be, read this,

http://www.gamedev.net/topic/655348-the-next-huge-leap-in-computing-power/

benjii · 20 May 2014 at 12:39

aardvark said:
there doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence that its actually faster than normal computers, or that its a quantum computer at all.

Indeed. Seems like we're waiting on academic research for a bit more info on this one. I reckon this is a step in the right direction but not what everyone pictures when they think of a proper quantum computer.

Spook187 · 20 May 2014 at 12:43

Will be good for the steam sales :eek:

benjii · 20 May 2014 at 12:45

Spook187 said:
Will be good for the steam sales

Yeah, it'll let you play multiple games at the same time to catch up on backlog!

Devrij · 20 May 2014 at 12:46

I'll be impressed when we start using light, similar to fibre, but in a pcb. That seems like the future to me. If you can get light to turn sharp corners in a chip and make light reactive transistors... Imagine that. Virtually no heat, very low power consumption, very fast clockspeeds. Shunting electrons around is old hat!