IBM unveils 127-qubit quantum processor
Quantum Computers sitting in their cryogenic chambers are such works of art, stacks of giant brass plates and hundreds of heat pipes (or coolant pipes? liquid helium I suppose) twisted and coiling throughout the structure hanging like some steampunk chandelier (why do they hang from above anyway?) EDIT: changed to a few direct links to pics: [0][1][2]<p>The esoteric design reminds me of the Connection Machine blog posted the other day, "to communicate to people that this was the first of a new generation of computers, unlike any machine they had seen before." [3]<p>I'm curious what they do with these prototypes once they are obsoleted in a matter of months, are the parts so expensive they tear it down to reuse them? Or will the machines be able to go on tour and stand in glass cases to intrigue the next generation of engineers? I know it had a tremendous effect on me to stand in front of a hand-wired lisp machine at the MIT museum.<p>[0] <a href="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AANsFUz.img" rel="nofollow">https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AANs...</a><p>[1] <a href="https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AANsBTo.img" rel="nofollow">https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AANs...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://static.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20191023&t=2&i=1444205374&r=LYNXMPEF9M1AZ&w=1600" rel="nofollow">https://static.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20191023&t=2&...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://tamikothiel.com/theory/cm_txts/" rel="nofollow">https://tamikothiel.com/theory/cm_txts/</a>