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RittenhouseRV First Quantum Blog Post

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It seems fitting for my first post, for my Quantum Computing blog, to discuss the two types of Quantum Computers. The reason it seems fitting is that when I decided to use Quantum Computing for my master's degree thesis was the fact that the company D-Wave was selling quantum computing since the turn of the 20th century. I knew that their computer was an annealing type of quantum computing. All I understood at that time was it had to do with superconducting chips.

It turns out that we are in the Beta and VHS phase of development when it comes to quantum computing. What do I mean?  Anyone that lived through that time would understand. At the dawn of the video cassette age there were two types of video tapes, Beta Max and VHS. In time everyone used just VHS. Meanwhile my family now had two copies of everything.

So, in the quantum age, we have annealing and gateway type of quantum computers. D-Wave has been selling quantum-annealing computers since the turn of the century. D-wave has, just recently, ventured into the gate type of quantum computers. In October of 2021, D-Wave made plans to venture into the gateway quantum computer. Click here to view the announcement.

To Explain it in Simpler terms we will first explain what each type does and then give a link to a page that shows the differences of both side by side. The Annealing type of quantum computer uses a superconductor and calculates solutions to problems by measuring optimization of the energy level of the physical annealing computer.

The gate models are what the average user thinks about when talking about quantum computers. The gate models have that name based on the fact the machine uses quantum gates. The quantum gates are used along with quantum computing algorithms providing the unit more functions than its counterpart of annealing quantum computers.

Follow this link to see the differences side by side and make the decision for yourself.

As to not follow the Beta Max video tape into infamy, companies are seeing the future using both types of technologies. 



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