Quantum computers may soon be the most powerful data center hardware. Here I review quantum computing concepts, and highlight recent innovations from IBM, D-Wave Systems, Google, Microsoft, Intel and Alibaba.
Websites, press releases and articles referred to in the video are as follows:
IBM Q online quantum computer:
https://quantumexperience.ng.bluemix....
IBM cloud quantum computer press release, May 2016:
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr...
IBM Q press release, March 2017:
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pr...
Latest IBM quantum processors press release, May 2017:
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pre...
“Physical Review X” technical article on D-Wave 2X performance (1 August 2016): https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
“Nature” article by Google Quantum AI Lab engineers (March 2017):
https://static.googleusercontent.com/...
Microsoft Station Q: https://stationq.microsoft.com/
“MIT Technology Review” article on Intel silicon-based quantum computing (December 2016):
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/60...
Alibaba quantum computing lab press release (July 2015):
http://www.alibabagroup.com/en/news/a...
Other sources you may find useful include:
D-Wave Systems website: https://www.dwavesys.com/
D-Wave Systems video explaining quantum annealing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvfkX...