Quantum computer a reality?

[RJM Corbet]

Hello quantum world | Cosmos

Is this thing really a quantum computer, or not?

 

[Onyx]

Sounds like the answer is "sorta". It definitely performs quantum computations, but not reliably and not large ones.

 

[mosaix]

Interesting article, RJM - thanks.

 

[Vertigo]

Interesting. In think the answer is, not unsurprisingly, simply that they are getting closer.

I liked this quote:

The thing driving the hype is the realisation that quantum computing is actually real,” says Isaac Chuang, a lean, soft-spoken MIT professor. “It is no longer a physicist’s dream – it is an engineer’s nightmare.

Which I think probably sums up the current state of affaires rather nicely.