Not exact matches
These gates manipulate qubits, which, unlike
classical bits, can represent both a 0 and 1 at the same time, making it theoretically possible to compute the answers to large problems much faster than on an
ordinary computer.
Lidar is now conducting similar tests with the upgraded D - Wave Two, which has 503 qubits and so might perform better on larger problem that
ordinary, or
classical,
computers struggle with.
The quest for «quantum supremacy» — unambiguous proof that a quantum
computer does something faster than an
ordinary computer — has paradoxically led to a boom in quasi-quantum
classical algorithms.