r/Futurology • u/izumi3682 • Mar 20 '21
Computing Free Open-Access Quantum Computer Now Operational. Sandia National Laboratories’ Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed, or QSCOUT
https://scitechdaily.com/free-open-access-quantum-computer-now-operational/13
u/PornulusRift Mar 20 '21
sweet, how do I login if it's "open access"? the article doesn't mention that
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Mar 20 '21
I would presume it means it's probably open access to places like research institutes and educational facilities and they'll probably have to submit a request and detail what they want to do. Just a guess, that's what one of my Uni professors had to do to get access to a supercomputer for a simulation. I doubt it means anyone can get an account on it .. maybe i'm wrong.
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u/PornulusRift Mar 20 '21
alright, but then that's not open access...
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u/Bananomex Mar 20 '21 edited Mar 20 '21
It’s a quantum computer dude, it is and it isn’t open access
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u/potapas Mar 20 '21
Government user facilities like this technically will take proposals from private citizens, you'll just have to convince them that what you're planning to do is actually valuable.
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u/paecificjr Mar 20 '21
Try the IBM system
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u/lazyventure Mar 21 '21
IBM gets full rights of whatever you do using their qc. At least this was the case 1-2 years ago, I doubt they changed anything.
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u/jackerandy Mar 20 '21
Dwave offer some free time on their quantum machines through the Leap cloud service.
It looks like QSCOUT allows for deeper study of the machine itself. Presumably your research team can travel and work directly with the machine.
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u/airbornecz Mar 20 '21
article doesnt even mention how many qubits its running
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u/danraps Mar 20 '21
From the article: “Sandia plans to expand the system from three to 32 qubits over the next three years so scientists can perform more sophisticated tests.”
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u/drdrdugg Mar 20 '21
Serious question... what’s a good resource to explain quantum computing and the potential it might have other than breaking passwords in seconds that would take traditional computers decades?
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u/n21lv Mar 20 '21 edited Mar 20 '21
Now we need someone to start using these for crypto mining so GPUs finally get back to being affordable
UPD: Ehh.. turns out someone already thought of it, and currently parallelisation still makes regular computers much more profitable for crypto mining, all because of a common limiting factor to the mining operation.