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lompadtoday at 8:34 AM4 repliesview on HN

Relevant paper [0] "Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog"

[0]: https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf


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jeanmichelsellitoday at 10:15 AM

This is a fantastic way to use a C64!

If you want to see other similar quantum computing exploits on 8bit computers:

https://medium.com/@dakk/quantum-computing-on-a-commodore-64... https://youtu.be/7dgAaZa22nU https://youtu.be/Mo177GGJb3g https://youtu.be/zCC3AmM1_lo

gus_massatoday at 10:53 AM

That's a nice article, but it's not relevant here.

The article you linked is about using quantum computer for fake big number factorization. You pick a very big number with a well known easy factorization and then use a quantum computer to factorize it, that is easy because you choose the number very carefully.

This article is about using a LLM to calibrate a quantum chip. It replace the work of a junior researcher (or something like that). In another comment, someone claims that is using a python script for this same task.

I like to think that the python script is an "expert system" that is 1980 AI, and the main article is an "large language model" that is 2020 AI. My guess is that for now the python script is better, but the LLM are advancing very fast and will catch up soon.

gerdesjtoday at 9:58 AM

My C64 is going to absolutely smash this and my dog (Darby) is a frequent barker too! I'll vibe up an abacus emulator as a PWA.

wartywhoa23today at 9:34 AM

Made my day, thanks :)