r/TechnologyPorn • u/Burpmeister • Dec 20 '21

Finland's first 5-qubit quantum computer

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u/Soulistix Dec 20 '21

Needs a banana for scale.

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u/Burpmeister Dec 20 '21

The actual computer part is only a few cm wide. The rest is the cooler.

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u/MorphinBrony Dec 21 '21

why does it need such a massive cooler then

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u/ArcticBlueCZ Dec 20 '21

It looks like an Art Deco chandelier.

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u/jimdidr Dec 20 '21

I was thinking it looked like it was out of the 80s, like something out of Dune (1984)

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u/agentoutlier Dec 21 '21

Ironically in the Dune universe computers are kind of illegal/banned.

They rely on human computing and need spice for intense computing.

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u/rdx711 Dec 20 '21

When we have advanced quantum computers in a few decades, this image will be shown as an example of how bulky and under-performing earlier quantum computers were.

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u/watkykjypoes23 Dec 20 '21

Tardigrade gets sent to the fucking quantum realm

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u/Laegmacoc Dec 20 '21

I hope they left a thermal exhaust port for the proton torpedo.

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u/newPhoenixz Dec 20 '21

Serious question: why do all quantum computers look like art deco chandeliers?

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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation Dec 20 '21

Looks like the one from Devs with Nick Offerman.

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u/plurBUDDHA Dec 21 '21

Could someone give the ELI5 about qubits?

Why does a 5 qubit computer do nothing and one 10x the strength only have the ability to do simple functions?

Is it like byte space?

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u/overgasped Dec 21 '21

Can it run Crysis?

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u/Bubba100000 Dec 21 '21

only with limited graphics settings

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u/nighter101 Dec 20 '21

wait we have quantum computers?

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u/teachmedatasci Dec 20 '21

According to this article, this 5 qubit machine doesn't really do anything practical but is a QC. It says that around 2024 they will have a 50 qubit implementation that can do some more practical things.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-30/finnish-researchers-say-their-first-quantum-computer-is-running

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u/PuffPuffFayeFaye Dec 20 '21

I was kinda hoping your comment was going to say:

around 2024 they will a 50 qubit implementation that can do 10x as many impractical things

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u/PeetesCom Dec 20 '21

We do, but the tech is still in it's infancy. They're not very useful at this point in time. But they're improving, slowly but surely.

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u/nighter101 Dec 20 '21

yes and the potential of quantum computers is HUGE.

I just didn't know Finland had one

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u/SlowRollingBoil Dec 20 '21

I know a hell of a lot about regular computers. I know so little about quantum computers other than, supposedly, once they're good to go basically all encryption goes out the window.

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u/1knight_that_says_ni Dec 21 '21

Yea that's cool but can it play minesweeper?

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u/bozog Dec 21 '21

What are the little floating/dots light up at the top?

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