D-Wave revives 'quantum supremacy' claims for new Advantage2 computer

D-Wave Quantum computing pioneer D-Wave Quantum on Tuesday announced the general availability of its sixth-generation quantum computer, the Advantage2. The company said the Advantage2 offers orders-of-magnitude greater performance compared to its prior system, expanding the tasks the company can accomplish in optimization problems. The machine even achieves the long-sought goal of quantum "supremacy," says the company, despite that term's highly controversial past. Also: If you're not working on quantum-safe encryption now, it's already too late "This is a really historic moment for both D-Wave and the quantum computing industry," said D-Wave CEO Alan Baratz in an interview via Zoom. "Fundamentally, our technology is doing something that can't be touched classically." "We have customers running in production, getting value from our technology today. And everything we've done is to make it easy to use, so our customers have high uptime, and it can be very responsive to their needs. ... Read full article.