IBM Q System One

Maybe this will do for quantum computing what Watson has done for machine learning.

Their Q-Experience FAQs are a much more substantive way to approach what exactly this thing will deliver: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net&#x2F;qx&#x2F;tutorial?sectionId=full-user-guide&amp;page=000-FAQ~2F000-Frequently_Asked_Questions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net&#x2F;qx&#x2F;tutorial?section...</a><p>Beginner&#x27;s guide to working with System Q: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net&#x2F;qx&#x2F;tutorial?sectionId=beginners-guide&amp;page=introduction" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net&#x2F;qx&#x2F;tutorial?section...</a>

The number of words here talking about the eye catching design is proof that this is a decorative item that does nothing.

The description talks a lot about commercial uses. Are there problems that the quantum computers of today are actually better at solving than traditional computers? I realize that for many things they&#x27;re better in a theoretical big-O sense, but does that translate to better wall-clock speed? Presumably you could get a lot of AWS computing for the same cost as one of these.

Does it have enough error-corrected qubits to actually do something useful, or is it a high-tech piece of luxury furniture?

I <i>love</i> that product design. It&#x27;s not since the Cray 2 and the CM-2 that I see such a striking piece of big iron.

Reminds me of this announcement from AWS nine years ago: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;aws&#x2F;introducing-qc2-the-quantum-compute-cloud&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;aws&#x2F;introducing-qc2-the-quantum...</a>

Did they just put the refrigerator in a glass box and call it &quot;System One&quot;??

&gt; In the second half of 2019, IBM will open the IBM Q Quantum Computation Center, located in Poughkeepsie, New York to expand IBM’s commercial quantum computing program, which already includes systems at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York.<p>Does this mean, in true IBM fashion, the older, remote one will be terminated?

So is this the first quantum computer available for a company to buy?<p>How does one interface with it? VT100 terminal?

It looks like they are engineering one of those glass enclosed elevators, common in shopping malls, not a computer. Why the focus on outward appearance without explaining its capabilities?

Can someone enlighten me as to why these are always hung from the ceiling?

Good lord is that website slow to load&#x2F;respond. Too many hero videos.