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The Google Quantum Computer, D-Wave 2X, is allegedly 100 million times faster than a conventional PC, and can give China’s supercomputer a run for its money. The company has put the supercomputer to work in apps like Google Photos and Autofill, as well as Google’s small and large data centers.

Quantum Computer

This Computer is the Fastest To Date

The supercomputer has a 1,000-qubit quantum processor that can blow through thousands of possibilities while problem-solving. Members of the team behind its genius have released statement regarding the computer’s power. The D-Wave 2X has faced much criticism, since there hasn’t been any proof to show if it really is that powerful. Hartmut Neven, head of Google’s Quantum AI Lab, has responded to those claims.

Google recently released the results of the study of quantum annealing, which the Google Quantum Computer is designed to support. It’s more than 10 to the power of 8 times faster than simulated annealing running on one core, Neven shares. This means that the supercomputer outdoes its traditional counterpart by far.

Quantum Computing Cheats Problem Solving

Conventional computers are like classic students in a classroom. The Google quantum computer offers a way to cheat on these tasks, allowing handlers to fast track to the final answer instead of going through the whole process of finding it. The total report of the study is published in a paper called ‘What is the Computational Value of Finite Range Tunneling?’ in the Cornell University Library.

Google Quantum Computer isn’t Ready for the World Yet

With all the hype surrounding the supercomputer, it’s clear that there’s still a long way to go before it can solve Google-level learning challenges. Though the Google quantum computer does a great job of making tasks easier, the team behind it is looking to make it even easier.

As such, Google has built a team to be in charge of hardware at the Quantum AI Lab. Their tasks is to build new quantum processors and superconducting electronics. Hopefully, the Google quantum computer can see the bright light of day soon.

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Google Quantum Computer Competes with China’s Supercomputer

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The US Has the Highest Number of Supercomputers In A Single Country, but China’s Are Better

Top500 list of supercomputers has 109 on the list that are courtesy of China; that’s 72 more than they reported six months ago. According to reports, the sheer count of supercomputers in the country has tripled, and many of them are considered some of the world’s most powerful machines.

China’s Most Powerful Machine Yet: the Tianhe-2

China’s Tianhe-2 has been the world’s most powerful machine in the world according to the Top500 list of supercomputers for six years in a row, 2015 included. It was created by China’s National University of Defense Technology, and it’s currently being used at a supercomputer center in Guangzhou. It can make 33.86 quadrillion calculations per second.

That’s twice as fast as the US’s fastest supercomputer, the US Energy Department’s Titan. The United States has 200 supercomputers in the Top500 list, but this is the lowest number it’s been in 22 years, which indicates that there has been a steady decline in the number of supercomputers in the country for quite a long time.

Supercomputers Are Used to Predict Weather Forecasts, Making Drug Discoveries and DNA Sequencing

While the power of these machines is not directly indicative of how advanced technologies are in the countries that make them, it is indicative of the economic and business evolution of the countries. Since China has been the main site of job outsourcing, it has been able to overcome most other superpowers in terms of economy and business.

The true value of supercomputers is that they can help benefit the world quite significantly, and countries like China have the best opportunity at the moment to make ground-breaking research to even save the world. In addition, China has the money to invest in these super machines, and their supercomputers have remained in the top 5 of the Top500 list since 2013.

So China has the means, the talent and the equipment to set them in gear to make some great changes in technology.

 

China to Take Over the World with Supercomputers