"The system they set up claims to be an adiabatic quantum computer with sixteen qubits.
"It has a Hamiltonian which is made up of ising interactions plus a single qubit term which is along the direction of the ising interaction and a transverse field.
"The idea, of course, is to use this for adiabatic quantum algorithms.
"Finding the ground state of a two dimensional ising model with a magnetic field (where each of the field values of the ising terms of magnetic field terms is a problem instance) is NP-complete.
"So the idea, I guess is to start with all transverse magnetic field, and start in the ground state of this system, and then drag the system to the new groundstate of the Ising model on your sixteen qubits.
"Sounds fun."
"Okay, I’ve had it. I’m not an engineer, and will never be one. But you practically need an engineering degree in order to figure out how to attach a high-definition television for the best possible output."
ReplyDeleteMan, keep me away from this guy at the party. He can't even hook up a television! :) Heh.
Actually, in the past couple of weeks, I've become an Instant HDTV Expert. Go ahead, test me. Component? Composite? Complacent? Competent?
ReplyDeleteI know how to hook them all up.