Google says its quantum computer is 100 million times faster than PC

The Register ^ | 9 December 2015 | Iain Thomson

[uglybiker]

You’d make typos 10 million times faster, too. :-p

[Still Thinking]

I think he’s going to buy one and just program it to read the news and screech for violating our civil rights whenever there’s a shooting. Doing it himself is cutting into his golf.

[scripter]

Looking for the like button...

[AdmSmith]

Any info on the power consumption?

[Hot Tabasco]

the results were up to 100 million times faster.

How do they measure it, with a stop watch?

[ShadowAce]

Systems typically have a way of timing commands—both by cpu clock cycle and by wall clock.

[ShadowAce]

I have not seen any info on that. That would be a good thing to know in regards to feasibility.

[Still Thinking]

How many cups of coffee you can drink before IE can open MSN. That’s why you hear the unit “Java” mentioned so much in computer stuff.