alt Hacker NewsIs anyone else even close to Google in this space? (e.g. on the "System Metrics" the blog defines)
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I would be very grateful if somebody can point to an actually good blogpost/video that would summarize the current state of the domain. I mean, I remember some "quantum annealing" providers as far as some 10 years ago (I mean, as a service, as such D-Wave exists for 25 years now), but I never actually learned if they are truly useful for anything (like, real numbers, what amount of computation these thing can perform and if it's truly cheaper/faster than throwing a bunch of GPUs on it). From time to time there are some news feturing dope photos, about some new chip from IBM, that is useful for nothing, but a big breakthrough for reasons I don't understand.
But I don't really have a feel of what's going on, really. How many quantum computers there are, is there anything that is actually capable of performing anything more than just being an ongoing research prototype? Some educated guesses about how far can be some non-public projects by now? Like, is it possible that some secret CIA project is further ahead than what we know, or if it's even more unlikely and farther away than fusion power? Or maybe it's even more comparable to cold fusion?
I know, that this kinda exists as an idea, and apparently somebody's working on it, but that's pretty much it.
IonQ - they are powering AWS solution here: https://aws.amazon.com/braket/quantum-computers/ionq/
Not sure if they are close in terms of specs but looks like they are a viable solution and seeing an increase in utilization over the last year... Seems both are pretty interesting to keep an eye on.
I'm wondering how this Google announcement will have an impact on their future revenue, and how easily competitors can replicate this breakthrough?
Give it a few more years and a smaller, more focused company will come in and launch a successful product based on their research.
I would expect IBM, but I can't find any information on their system metrics based on a quick google search.
Would love if someone could weight in.
not publicly
Main players IMHO are IBM and Quantinuum, the latter employing different platform (ions). Neither could perform the same experiment I think, but have their own advantages. QuEra also looks good but are not as mature yet imho.