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Fresh ‘quantum advantage’ claim made by computing firm D-Wave

The company says it has solved the first problem of scientific relevance with a quantum processor faster than would be done using classical computers.
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Close-up view of D-Wave’s Advantage2TM annealing quantum computer prototype.

D-Wave’s Advantage2 quantum processor. Credit: D-Wave Quantum Inc.

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A ‘quantum processor’ has solved a physics problem on the behaviour of magnetism in certain solids that would take the largest conventional supercomputers hundreds of thousands of years to calculate. The result is the latest claim of a machine showing ‘quantum advantage’ over classical computers.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00765-1

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