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IanCal
on Oct 19, 2013
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D-Wave Computer's Solution Raises More Questions
Just like 64 bit computers are twice as fast as 32 bit computers, right?
gphilip
on Oct 19, 2013
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More like 64 bit computers are 2^32 times as fast as 32 bit computers.
marcosdumay
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That's a property of quantum computers (but as people already explained, it's not that simple), why do you want classical computers to behave the same way?
Or, in a short answer, no, no relation at all with that.
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