dobox is an entertainment on-demand ( eod ) video and music streaming service .

dobox started as an indigenous , nigerian-only , video streaming company , and began streaming other categories of movies in 2014 .

the company was established march 24 , 2013 with its headquarters in lagos , nigeria .

dobox as partners with big telecommunications giants in africa like mtn , airtel , glo and etisalat .

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dobox - portable wireless dock for apple devices by this is dobox ltd . —kickstarter
get the dobox app to setup and use the various functions , and even install new apps on dobox itself with just one tap .
pre - order now ! urltoken the dobox got funded with kickstarter ! dobox technical demo video - connectivity : using traditional usb mouse through the dobox on ipad dobox is the first portable wireless dock for all apple devices . the ipad is not jailbroken , just running with our app . the dobox will come with a hackable , open source software and sdk .
copyright notice : dobox is a brand of this is dobox ltd . all trademarked terms are the property of their respective owners . this is dobox ltd . makes no claim to affiliation with any trademark holders including apple and others .
we just sent out the survey to our backers to finalize shipping addresses . # dobox
custom color limited edition ! we send you one dobox in your choice of custom color .
dobox is piggybacking on as much telco infrastructure as possible in what appears to be its most effective awareness and onboarding strategy . until the partnership with mtn in 2013 , dobox was largely unknown . a dynamic that contributed to what led many to believe dobox was an mtn proprietary product .
early bird ! you are awesome ! we send you one dobox in your choice of color .
64gb model ! we send you one dobox with double storage , in your choice of color .
new demo video : using the dobox as an usb - c hub when it is turned off .
it’s an interesting prospect , but most concerning is that kickstarter projects often don’t deliver , and this email we received from the this is dobox ceo mate molnar wasn’t quite convincing that dobox would be any different .
super early bird ! you are awesome and fast ! we send you one dobox in your choice of color .
you can backup all your photos , videos and documents . the dobox comes with 32 or 64 gb internal storage .
connect your iphone , ipad and mac to any other device wirelessly . dobox gives you the freedom of full connectivity .
as a concept , dobox lives up to its name , if only because it’s harder to think of what it doesn’t do than what it does . in the video above , a number of different functions of the dobox are listed including :
we’ve known for a while that dobox was in talks with airtel to integrate its entertainment on demand service into airtel’s infrastructure , but the latest intel from a dobox representative confirmed that conversations have reached advanced stages and the launch is mere weeks away .
if you want to give the service a spin , text dobox to 131 from any mtn sim to get download details .
with dobox you can now connect to more external devices like never before . you don’t need a laptop for serious work any more , dobox turns your ipad or iphone into a macbook pro . the dobox has multiple ports to connect an internet cable , flashdrives , hard drives , keyboard , printers , tvs , projectors , monitors or speakers , and use them wirelessly .
take two super early bird ! you are double - awesome ! we send you two dobox in your choice of color .
that’s not all , we also thought about the developers . what do you want to use the dobox for ? be creative , you can do it with dobox ! you can develop and install your own swift apps for dobox . it comes with a hackable , open source software and sdk . this way , you can easily use its ports and functions in your app .
we will send online software updates to your dobox continuously to fix possible software problems or bugs . if you have any problem with your dobox , simply contact us , and our customer service will help . we give you one year guarantee for the hardware .
or , you can simply pledge for the dobox , which elegantly solves all these problems , and complements your apple devices perfectly .
early campaign ! not too late , you are good , too ! we send you one dobox in your choice of color .
that ' s not all , we also thought about the developers . what do you want to use the dobox for ? be creative , you can do it with dobox ! you can develop and install your own swift 2 apps for dobox . it comes with a hackable , open source software and sdk . this way , you can easily use its ports and functions in your app .
the dobox has a built - in micro sd card reader , so you can import your photos and videos from your favourite camera .
bluetooth doesn ' t work , yet . both the dobox we were provided for review and the accompanying software were pre - release .
the range of the connection shared from the dobox looks to be about 12 feet before signal drop - off or other connection problems manifest .
the dobox ' s creators should eventually release a developer kit allowing for use of a mouse in an ios app . there ' s no good way to test that at the moment , though , beyond the dobox ' s app built - in screensharing client and notepad features .
take two 64gb model ! you are double - awesome ! we send you two dobox with double storage , in your choice of color .
laser - cut limited edition ! we send you one dobox in your choice of color , with a laser cut from your uploaded picture .
the dobox with its own router would be good for a presentation in a congested wi - fi area so you can have your own little unclogged network —but not necessarily projected from the dobox ' s hdmi port , given that audio out is through a headphone jack and not hdmi .
“that is a teaser image for the developers , what they can do with the dobox’s open source sdk , ” he told digital trends . “for example : you can play videos from the dobox , so the oculus can be used as “monitor” [ sic ] for 3d videos . ”
create a secure wi - fi connection from cable internet access or public hotspots . you can use dobox as a wireless router , as well .
play your favorite music on any speaker , and stream videos to any display or projector . dobox supports audio and video streaming from your device .
use dobox as a portable media center through hdmi . access and share files from its internal storage using your iphone or ipad as remote controller .
play your favorite music on any speaker with airplay , or stream videos to any display or projector from our app . dobox supports audio and video playing
mtn nigeria has partnered with dobox , a nigerian indigenous startup company to provide customers access the latest blockbusters , premieres and most exclusive movies on mobile devices .
the dobox advertises itself as a way to use a keyboard and a mouse on an ios device . it ' s not quite that simple , though .
customers will be able to access the feature by subscribing to the mtn dobox app to rent premium movies for a specific duration – without further use of data .
through an iphone app , the dobox can create its own wi - fi network supplied by bandwidth from an existing wireless source , or from the ethernet port .
at the moment , on the iphone , there doesn ' t appear to be a way to get files out of the dobox to another app , like a pdf reader . to circumvent this , a number of file viewers have the ability to connect to an smb share directly , and connecting them directly to the dobox works .
real tool of sales support , application dobox mobile engie simulates a loan offer enhanced , adapted to projects and financing needs of improvements in customer habitat . the dobox mobile engie provides funding approach by the monthly repayment envisaged by the client to achieve its future work . the benefits of mobile dobox engie for professionals : - a simple to use tool - an automatic update schedules to offer the best credit offers permanently - a food to the documents necessary for the creation of the credit agreement the benefits of mobile dobox engie for customers : - an immediate simulation of the financing best suited to their project work - a loan increased offer * * application reserved for partners engie * *
the dobox has multiple ports to connect an internet cable , flashdrives , hard drives , keyboard , printers , tvs , projectors , monitors or speakers , and use them wirelessly .
you can backup all your photos , videos and documents , and share them with others wirelessly and securely offline . dobox has an internal storage and micro sdhc memory card reader .
one of the biggest problems we could see arising with dobox , however , is its reliance on third - party developer support for many of its advertised functions . the feature that allegedly “turns your ipad or iphone into a macbook pro , ” is still in development , molnar told us . if it’s not completed in time for the dobox launch , or worse yet , if it doesn’t come out at all , the only way we’ll see remote macos access is if some developer decides to make use of the open - source dobox sdk .
when this happens , airtel will become the third nigerian telco to deploy dobox in the over - the - top content play that has been building among nigerian telcos these past years .
the dobox was designed with a slew of features intended to make life easier for travelers using ipad or iphones . appleinsider examined one of the first produced after a successful kickstarter campaign .
got to move files to an ipad ? using the dobox and its app is a good solution —but transferring the files via itunes filesharing may be better , depending on what you need .
- exactly when will i get my dobox ? - unfortunately we can ' t yet tell you for sure , but we are doing everything to be able to ship them all in june .
with two usb ports , hdmi out , micro usb charging , a headphone jack , and an ethernet port , the company says its dobox “turns your ipad or iphone into a macbook pro , ” according to its kickstarter page . while that sounds like marketing rhetoric , there’s something to be said about the dobox’s sheer breadth of functionality , assuming it does make its way to market .
mtn’s announced a partnership with do media , owners of online video rental and distribution company do box to offer do box content over their network to mobile devices . according to the statement from mtn , via its mtn dobox app would offer free access to the content via a dedicated dobox “internet bundle” when you download the app via their store . rental and purchase charges would still apply though .
this is a little awkward , in practice . while the dobox is designed to be self - enclosed and as
apple - like
as possible , a physical switch would have been better .
likewise , a dobox connected to an oculus rift headset is shown on the kickstarter page . since it seemed like a bit of a stretch , we decided to reach out to find out more .
véritable outil d’aide à la vente , l’application dobox mobile engie permet de simuler une offre de prêt bonifiée , adaptée aux projets et aux besoins de financement des travaux d’amélioration de l’habitat des clients . la dobox mobile engie permet une approche du financement par la mensualité de remboursement envisagée par le client pour réaliser ses futurs travaux . les avantages de la dobox mobile engie pour les professionnels : - un outil simple à utiliser - une mise à jour automatique des barèmes pour proposer en permanence la meilleure offre de crédit - une aide à l’alimentation des documents nécessaires à la constitution du contrat de crédit les avantages de la dobox mobile engie pour les clients : - une simulation immédiate du financement le mieux adapté à leur projet de travaux - une offre de prêt bonifiée * * application réservée aux partenaires engie * *
the dobox is very finely machined —and also quite dense . the one - pound unit comes in at just over 5 inches square , and is about three - quarters of an inch tall on a table .
despite being unclear about how the company plans on garnering third - party developer support for its all - in - one apple peripheral , this is dobox has quite the enticing product on its hands . the dobox is scheduled to launch in march 2017 for $ 150 if you back it on kickstarter . we’re uncertain just how much it will cost once it releases , but you still have eight days to pledge support now for the early bird discount .
in the time that dobox has been active on mtn and etisalat , it’s been touted as possible competition for irokotv especially because of the zero - rated content download powered by the telco partnerhip . but dobox is hardly proving a worthy competitor . uptake has been middling at best , if a < 50 , 000 downloads on the android play is anything go by , and dobox has largely stayed under the radar since its last partnership with etisalat in q1 2015 . it’ll be interesting to see how the airtel partnership shakes out and what it will do to the startup’s fortunes in a space that also has solo view , and afrinolly ( which is also backed by mtn ) offering similar services exclusively on mobile .
as part of the indiegogo campaign , we were promised that you could connect to a mac from an ipad when on - the - go , and control it remotely . this is where connecting a mouse to the dobox pays off .
while out and about with the dobox , we got asked a lot of questions about it —including but not limited to
what does it do ,
what ' s it for ,
and
why do i need one .
in the interests of full disclosure , our pre - release period with the device wasn ' t smooth —but that ' s the case with just about any new product . the dobox developers have proven very capable of issuing both hardware and software updates .
the dobox includes a usb - a to usb - c charging cable for use with a wall adapter . the company recommends a usb 3 . 0 or newer type - a or type - c port to get the full 1 amp of charging power .
when you see the dobox , and what it can do , you know already if it ' ll simplify your life as a universal adapter of sorts . it ' s just a hard sell if you only need to do one thing that it can accomplish .
one of the basic premises of the dobox is simple filesharing between macos and ios . the device is supposed to connect through an smb share —but using macos sierra , we had difficulty with that method . connecting to the device with its native ip address was easier .
mtn was the first company to layer dobox on top of its network back in 2013 in what was initially thought to be an exclusive partnership . this partnership turned out to be something similar to a licencing deal after the startup announced a similar deal with etisalat in 2014 .
dobox , brainchild of do media lets you rent or purchase shortfilms and full length movies from your computer , mobile devices and game consoles via their magicbox service . they have also got musicbox , livebox and eyebox which cater to music , live events streaming and user generated content respectively .
“now that technology has met with creativity , i believe nigerian movies , will be taken to the next level . as one of the producers , who have his movie on mtn dobox , i must commend mtn for this initiative , now our films can reach everyone , ” he said .
this picture above is a concept that we want to build with your help . on the pictures below you can see the current prototype of the dobox , made of high quality aluminium . we have to finalize the design and the board . pledge and help us to make it even better !
if you wanted to buy all the accessories , you would have to pay at least $ 700 . but you don ' t have to pay this high price , because with the dobox you can do everything . if you are fast , the super early bird price starts as low as $ 149 .
networking on the dobox is provided through an ethernet port and 802 . 11n wi - fi . video out is provided over hdmi 1 . 2 , and other connectivity options include audio - out , a pair of usb 3 . 0 ports , a usb - c input , and a microsd card reader .
we are getting ready to ship you the dobox , and we would need you to send us or update your shipping addresses . we also ask for phone number , because the courier company will need it . unfortunately , choosing the color is not available . please make sure that all your info is correct ! thank you .
with the airtel dobox , airtel subscribers will be able to download videos and other popular entertainment content without data charges , but only pay a one - time rent via airtime recharge . a one - time rent that varies depending on the kind of content downloaded and the length of time the content will stay on a user’s device .
dobox a 3 out of 5 as it stands today —with a great deal of potential for future improvement . given that the company is highly responsive to the wants of its consumer base and isn ' t afraid to issue fixes , we ' ll revisit this later as the software matures , and we ' re looking forward to what we discover .
“this partnership with do media will provide customers a seamless user experience , through dobox internet bundle ( dib ) . it will grant customers’ access to conveniently rent movies and trailers . nigerian entertainment - seekers can now have access to movies of different languages , hausa , ibo , yoruba and many more languages on the go , whenever and however they can . ”
hardware : we have to finalize the design and the board , test everything , and apply for different certifications ( ce , fcc , etc . ) . we may face possible delays , but we will do everything to deliver on time . by reaching the various stretch goals we will have to comply with the requirements of the apple mfi program . we are aware of this , and strive to get the mfi certification of dobox . software : we create custom kernel and software , but we use such solutions that will allow for online updates . this way we can fix the possible bugs , and continue to work on the updates . quality : each dobox will be tested before dispatch , but they also may have problems , therefore we give one year guarantee .
apple goes to great lengths to ensure its users are continuously buying into new products within its ecosystem . want to use an sd card with your iphone ? you’ll need a $ 30 adapter . want to wirelessly project to an external display ? you’ll need a $ 150 apple tv . after awhile , these products can pack quite a punch on your wallet . that is why one english startup , this is dobox ltd . , is creating a single accessory that wants to a replace an assortment of apple’s own devices .
as it stands , the dobox replaces a bunch of other single - function devices and cabling . no longer is there a need to shlep around a lightning flash drive , a travel router , a lightning - to - hdmi adapter , and a slew of other connectors . as a bonus , it ' ll connect usb - a devices to a usb - c computer like the 2016 macbook pro when not in use . the box doesn ' t connect using uasp , so the functionality is rudimentary , but it is there .
my name is mate molnar , a long - time apple fan and inventor . i also felt frustrated like many others , and i wanted to find a simple solution to these problems . after many months of fruitless research , i realized that i have to create it myself . the initial idea was a sleek ipad case with multiple ports on the back . but one day i had the idea that it would be useful for iphones and macs , as well . so , i started working on the first prototype of a separate device . this is how the dobox was born .
gbénga is a memoirist and a tech - space explorer . skittish adventurer . he loves post - apocalyptic fiction , the synoptic gospels and oatmeal . editor at techcabal .
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according to a statement by mtn , the partnership is aimed at bringing the cinema closer to its consumers , through their mobile phones .
“this app leaves subscribers , who are lovers of premier and blockbuster movies , with no stress of going to the cinema to watch premier and blockbuster movies because once the app is downloaded , and registration is done , subscribers can rent movies with a token , without further use of data to access and watch movies , ” mtn explained in a statement .
speaking on the partnership , mtn nigeria’s senior manager , consumer marketing , saidat m’hammed lawal said the initiative was borne out of the desire to deliver top - of - the - range entertainment to mtn’s subscribers at unprecedented and unrivalled speed .
nigerian movie producer and director , charles novia , said the product would go a long way to solve the distribution challenges that is confronting the industry .
“we are very lucky to have chosen the right partners to promote this initiative . this is one of mtn’s bold steps to deliver a new digital world to its customers . indeed , this move has reinforced mtn’s leadership position in leading the charge in the delivery of invaluable digital world to ict subscribers in nigeria , ” ceo do media , gafar williams added .
iroko is hiring , and you can win n1 , 000 , 000 for taking their test .
the video content game in nigeria is really heating up , with ibaka tv and irokotv making moves recently , and with mtn seeking a piece of the action , it’ll be an interesting space to watch .
interc networks , a reincarnation of of intercellular networks , the very first cdma network in nigeria and . . .
etisalat is now 9mobile and for those who have been following the situation closely , it was . . .
glo nigeria which has one of the lowest data costs seems to have modified its subscription pattern . . .
mtn has recorded its first yearly loss in 22 years . according to the financial statement released . . .
glo has come up with a plan to reward its customers with smartphones . for anyone who . . .
mtn nigeria has partnered with audrey pack to fight against infant and maternal mortality . in nigeria maternal mortality . . .
in the past three months , there has been a drop in the number of active internet . . .
mtn nigeria , nigeria’s largest telco was in 2015 fined n1 . 04trillion for failing to disconnect unregistered lines . . .
mtn has sent out a text message to all its blackberry internet subscribers stating that they . . .
we were all excited , when mtn’s 4g lte network quietly went live across the country , partly . . .
the ncc released the latest internet subscriber data and it doesn’t look good for both global . . .
first , there was the announcement that data prices would be going up this december due to . . .
take it anywhere with you and even charge your phone or tablet . it comes with a built - in lithium ion battery to charge your devices from usb .
like the magic trackpad or other bluetooth mouse , keyboard , speaker , etc .
you can view or edit your documents or share them with others wirelessly and securely offline .
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. it rapidly hit its funding goal shortly thereafter in april , which brought with it the extra ability to function as a usb hub when powered down .
the device is powered via either usb - c or its internal 8 , 000 mah battery . the same battery can charge other devices over usb - a connections .
the aluminum finish picks up fingerprints and
seasoning
from handling readily , but is also easily cleaned with a screen wipe or just a damp paper towel .
there is no conventional power switch on the device . turning it on is done with a circular swipe on the power level indicator panel on top . it takes about 16 seconds for the unit to fully boot .
from empty to full , using an apple ipad power adapter , it took three hours to charge the accessory ' s battery .
sharing a wireless network connection went off without a hitch in our testing . we tried both connecting to ethernet and sharing public wi - fi with a peak of 9 devices , and encountered no issues other than those induced by congested wi - fi traffic .
even at very close range , data transfers were slow . the max speed we reached was about 15 megabytes per second to internal storage . we connected a mushkin ventura ultra 120 gigabyte ssd to a usb 3 . 0 port and found that after the internal storage was filled , transfers quadruped to around 60 megabytes per second .
so the speed limitations don ' t appear to be because of wi - fi problems , but because the flash media just couldn ' t write data any faster .
however , even given the usb hub feature of the device , we couldn ' t locally mount the storage when physically connected to a macbook pro . this wasn ' t promised as a feature , but it seems like it should have been .
apple has made a big deal about how there ' s no need for a pointer other than an apple pencil or a finger . as such , its apis aren ' t really mouse - friendly .
it ' s also a bandwidth - limited solution however , reliant on how good of a connection you have on both ends .
d . c . branch , so that effectively rules out bandwidth problems at one location . at schools and libraries , we had no problems remotely using a wired 2012 mac mini .
starbucks and mcdonald ' s didn ' t go so well . it appears the threshold for acceptable remote use is about 8 megabits up and down , with a relatively powerful router on both ends .
the hdmi port functions as expected , if all you want is video out . if you need audio too , then you need to run a cable from the audio - out port to an input somewhere else .
this isn ' t a bad thing if you rely on a hdmi - to - dvi connector on an older projector , and rely on an audio - out connection for the speakers in the unit . for everybody else , it might be an annoyance .
the long and the short of it is , if you have an apple tv , use that for airplay . if you don ' t , this will ( mostly ) work .
a fully supported device is leagues better than one released half - baked and forgotten . kudos for the improvement initiative .
we never had a good script for those questions . they were best answered by asking about a person ' s possible needs and going from there .
apple ' s ios 11 . 4 . 1 update makes usb restricted mode active
apple releases ios 11 . 4 . 1 , homepod 11 . 4 . 1 , tvos 11 . 4 . 1 & watchos 4 . 3 . 2 [ u ]
when we achieve our $ 500k stretch goal , we build in the apple watch charger and get the apple mfi certification . take a look at our stretch goals below !
we are the apple freedom fighters . we don ' t fight against apple , we fight for apple fans to make their lives even better . we love apple , but we also feel limited in its possibilities . in the recent years , apple has been intentionally reducing the number of ports on its products , while making us buy over - priced adapters . we have an iphone , an ipad , and the new macbook , but we felt frustrated , because we faced the following problems :
we couldn ' t easily connect our old loudspeakers , printers , keyboards , projectors , etc .
the definition of portability has changed in the last several years . . .
- tim cook
however , i knew i couldn ' t finish this alone , so i found the best people to help me . now the team consists of four young professionals . we are recruiting apple fans to help us build the primary weapon of this freedom fight . the first wireless dock for apple devices . the one that brings balance to the apple universe . the missing part that completes the apple .
these prices are in usd , but our prices are fixed in gbp . usd prices may change depending on the actual conversion rate .
the faster you act the better , because we have only a limited amount of doboxes at the early bird price . pledge before the price goes up !
you can continue to be frustrated because of the limited connectivity of your apple devices , and the difficulty of sharing files . you can continue to buy expensive adapters , which take up a lot of space .
mate graduated as computer engineer ( bsc ) , then continued his studies , and earned a degree in business development ( msc ) . he has been working with linux for almost 10 years . in addition to the world of startups , he competes in dog shows with his pug .
balint has spent more than 6 years doing electronic hardware design . currently working at our partner , hunify laboratories as hardware and production support engineer . he graduated as an electrical and electronics engineer , then gets his master ' s degree in broadband and wireless communication . he loves to climbing and cycling .
albert is studying software development at the eötvös loránd university . earlier , he was working as a software engineer at the mobile broadband security r & d department of nokia networks , and previously developed ios software for an oxford - based company . his preferred freetime activities are running , playing the piano , reading in the topics of it and science .
right after graduation from the corvinus university of budapest , gabor started his own business , reselling domain names for a profit . later , he created a leading link building agency , and also learned about mobile marketing , digital publishing , hospitality marketing and info product creation . he likes backpacking around the world , meditation , hiking and surfing .
please take a look at our demo video ! these features are under development .
this month ' s update will be a little bit different than before . we ' ll try answer your most burning questions one - by - one .
- how many doboxes have you sent out so far ? - unfortunately none , because of software and firmware bugs , of which we already fixed a lot .
- how many units are in the first batch ? - we ordered 50 units in the first batch from the manufacturers , but only received 40 due to lack of manufacturing parts . of these we are sending out 30 to the first backers during may .
- how many units are in the second batch ? - 1000 pieces , which will be enough for all our kickstarter and indiegogo backers . the electronics will be manufactured by the end of may , because there were problems sourcing some of the parts . afterwards we assemble and test all the units one - by - one , and send them continously as they are ready .
- what ' s the order of shipping ? - we ship first to kickstarter , and then to indiegogo backers in order of date of pledging .
note : update it through kickstarter or indiegogo , not via pm or email .
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great news , 1000 pcbs ready ! 1000 printed circuit boards have already been produced , which are currently under testing .
we have just arrived back from china , where we checked out our manufacturing partner ' s factory . we made sure that everything is going smoothly and that they are prepared for the mass manufacturing . the first pilot batch is already in production . urltoken
we are proud to announce that we have just received 800 . 000 eur from hiventures , a hungarian investment fund . this will secure the stable functioning of our company in the long run . urltoken
we’ve been working on solving our financial situation in the last 4 months , and it looks like we succeeded ! ( no , # apple didn’t buy us . ) urltoken
after 4 weeks of testing and tweaking , we changed both the antennas and the modules , and now the wi - fi signal seems to be working correctly .
just using a mouse with my iphone . . . as you do . . . using the @ thisisdobox . review coming soon ! urltoken
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the company specialized in the design and manufacture of paramotors in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the us far 103 ultralight vehicles and european rules .

the company was founded in 1996 .

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d-wave systems , inc. is a quantum computing company , based in burnaby , british columbia , canada .

d-wave is the first company in the world to sell quantum computers.citation needed ] citation needed ] the d-wave one was built on early prototypes such as d-wave 's orion quantum computer .

the prototype was a 16-qubit quantum annealing processor , demonstrated on february 13 , 2007 at the computer history museum in mountain view , california .

d-wave demonstrated what they claimed to be a 28-qubit quantum annealing processor on november 12 , 2007 .

the chip was fabricated at the nasa jet propulsion laboratory microdevices lab in pasadena , california .

the underlying ideas for the d-wave approach arose from experimental results in condensed matter physics , and in particular work on quantum annealing in magnets performed by dr. gabriel aeppli .

these ideas were later recast in the language of quantum computation by mit physicists ed farhi , seth lloyd , terry orlando and bill kaminsky , whose publications in 2000 and 2004 provided both a theoretical model for quantum computation that fit with the earlier work in quantum magnetism ( specifically the adiabatic quantum computing model and quantum annealing , its finite temperature variant ) , and a specific enablement of that idea using superconducting flux qubits which is a close cousin to the designs d-wave produced .

in order to understand the origins of much of the controversy around the d-wave approach , it is important to note that the origins of the d-wave approach to quantum computation arose not from the conventional quantum information field , but from experimental condensed matter physics .

on may 11 , 2011 , d-wave systems announced d-wave one , described as " the world 's first commercially available quantum computer " , operating on a 128-qubit chipset using quantum annealing ( a general method for finding the global minimum of a function by a process using quantum fluctuations ) to solve optimization problems .

in may 2013 , a collaboration between nasa , google and the universities space research association ( usra ) launched a quantum artificial intelligence lab based on the d-wave two 512-qubit quantum computer that would be used for research into machine learning , among other fields of study .

on august 20 , 2015 , d-wave systems announced the general availability of the d-wave 2x system , a 1000 + qubit quantum computer .

this was followed by an announcement on september 28 , 2015 that it had been installed at the quantum artificial intelligence lab at nasa ames research center .

in january 2017 , d-wave has released the d-wave 2000q and qbsolv .

qbsolv is a piece of open-source software that solves qubo problems on both company 's quantum processors and classic hardware architectures .

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since d - wave systems was founded in 1999 , it has participated in 10 rounds of funding . in total d - wave systems has raised $ 165 . 5m . d - wave systems ' last funding round was on oct 2016 for a total of $ 21 . 0m
d - wave systems currently has 10 , 247 fans on facebook . as of july 2013 d - wave systems had 264 fans . that ' s a 3781 percent increase in 5 years
d - wave is a developer and provider of quantum computing systems and software for defense , scientific , technical and other commercial applications . d - wave systems is a private company . vern brownell is the president & ceo of d - wave systems and has an approval rating of 91 from owler members . d - wave systems has raised a total of $ 165 . 5m in funding . d - wave systems ' s top competitor is 1qbit , led by andrew fursman , who is their co - founder . d - wave systems has 57 followers on owler .
d - wave systems currently has 7 , 988 followers on twitter . as of july 2013 d - wave systems had 1 , 030 followers . that ' s a 675 percent increase in 4 years
a brief introduction to d - wave and quantum computing . read the d - wave overview
geordie rose , founder of d - wave systems inc . , standing in front of the d - waveone quantum computer .
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d - wave systems inc . builds annealing devices that exhibit quantum effects . these devices as well as other physical systems implement a programmable ising model of the form .
d - wave orion 16 - qubit processor ( credit : d - wave / j . chung )
this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about d - wave systems ' quantum computers , . . .
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an animation showing the different systems inside d - wave ' s quantum computers . video made by : dominic walliman urltoken
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d - wave systems inc . is the world’s first commercial quantum computing company — and the deal with google is the largest in d - wave’s history . google and its partners get to access the latest d - wave machines for up to seven years , with new generations of d - wave systems to be installed at the nasa ames facility as they are available .
d - wave 2000q quantum computers are available this quarter for shipment , with systems also accessible to subscribers remotely over the internet .
magiq is a top competitor of d - wave systems . magiq ' s headquarters is in somerville , massachusetts , and was founded in 1999 . magiq competes in the computer hardware field . magiq generates 15 % of d - wave systems ' s revenue .
d - wave’s quantum computers are being already used by the los alamos national laboratory , google , nasa , and lockheed martin . d - wave’s goal is to upgrade all those systems .
the d - wave 2x is the latest product release from d - wave systems inc , and is the most powerful quantum computer in the world . the d - wave 2x features a 1000 + qubit quantum processor and numerous des . . .
1qbit is one of d - wave systems ' s top competitors . 1qbit is a private company that was founded in vancouver , british columbia in 2012 . 1qbit is in the computer hardware field . 1qbit has 307 more employees vs . d - wave systems .
ibm systems svp tom rosamilla said :
we envision ibm q systems working in concert with our portfolio of classical high - performance systems to address problems that are currently unsolvable , but hold tremendous untapped value .
d - wave systems ' quantum computers have the potential to solve problems that the fastest supercomputers available today just can ' t crack .
while it’s widely agreed d - wave’s systems are using quantum computing for calculations , it isn’t clear if the technology will ever be able to tackle real - world problems . at present , d - wave’s systems are only suitable for solving so - called optimisation problems .
d - wave systems is the first commercial quantum computing company . founded in 1999 , d - wave ' s mission is to integrate new discoveries in physics and computer science into breakthrough approaches to comp
d - wave systems ' s revenue is the fourth highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average $ .
d - wave systems has employees and is the first highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average 126 .
d - wave systems has broken the quantum computing 1000 qubit barrier , developing a processor about double the size of d - wave’s previous generation , and far exceeding the number of qubits ever developed by d - wave or any other quantum effort , the announcement said .
cambridge quantum computing is perceived as one of d - wave systems ' s biggest rivals . cambridge quantum computing was founded in 2013 in cambridge , england . cambridge quantum computing competes in the computer hardware industry . cambridge quantum computing generates $ 18m more revenue than d - wave systems .
d - wave’s release of qbsolv adds to a growing software ecosystem that enables application developers to use d - wave’s quantum systems more quickly and easily . quantum software companies such as 1qbit , qc ware and qxbranch as well as users of d - wave’s systems are building tools and applications . d - wave often works with these diverse groups to foster development of software that is both useful and effectively leverages quantum resources .
this 30 minute webinar recording will introduce you to quantum computing and d - wave . cast : d - wave syst . . .
more broadly , i’d say there are two fundamental differences between bosonsampling and the d - wave approach .
henning – actually tesla is a lot more credible than d - wave . d - wave and virgin galactic could be about the same .
d - wave ' s first customer upgrades to the recently announced 1 , 000 + qubit d - wave 2x quantum computer . . .
furthermore , one vendor – d - wave systems – has been delivering one generation of quantum computer after another for a few years now . its latest model has 2 , 000 cubits , and they’ve actually sold at least one of them . ( see my 2015 article on d - wave systems . )
d - wave continues to find new customers for its systems . a d - wave 2000q system was also installed at the quantum artificial intelligence lab run by google , nasa , and universities space research association early in 2018 .
geordie rose , founder and cto of d - wave systems describes some of the challenges the team had to overcome in building the first commercial quantum computer .
burnaby - based d - wave systems is partnering with the creative destruction lab at the university of toronto’s rotman school of management to support quantum machine learning .
ibm says it will build commercially available quantum computing systems accessed through its cloud platform , but d - wave has a claimed quantum computer 400 times bigger .
in late 2010 lockheed martin became the first d‑wave customer . their 128 - qubit d‑wave one system , installed at usc’s information sciences institute , was upgraded to the 512 - qubit d‑wave two system in 2013 , then upgraded again to the 1000 + qubit d‑wave 2x quantum computer in 2015 .
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the isi also has its own d - wave computer which it operates on behalf of defence firm lockheed martin , d - wave’s first paying client .
lockheed martin is one of the largest defense contractors in the world . it operates in aeronautics , information systems & global solutions , missile and fire control , mission systems and training , and space systems . lockheed martin designs highly elaborate systems . yet , on average , half the cost of creating them is on verification and validation ( v and v ) .
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forget pcs and servers : d - wave systems is looking into the future with its quantum computer , up to 1 , 000 times faster than an earlier model .
if d - wave systems’ new chief financial officer has any problems calculating numbers on the job , it’s likely he’ll have ample assistance from the burnaby company’s own hardware .
we are deep into 2011 now , and d - wave is still at 128 qbits . hardly the 1000 plus predicted by d - wave for 2008 .
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the d - wave 2000q system will be installed at ames later this year .
download this whitepaper to learn more about programming a d - wave quantum computer .
even though d - wave calls its systems
computers
, john morton , professor of nanoelectronics and nanophotonics at ucl , said that just as a calculator isn ' t a computer , the d - wave system isn ' t a universal quantum computer .
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this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about d - wave systems ' quantum computers , machines that could one day tackle problems that would be impossible to solve today .
however , much of the promise of the d - wave systems lie in their future , and there are some who cast doubt on whether that potential will ever be reached .
the 2 , 000 - qubit quantum computer will be 500 to 1000 times faster than its predecessor , said jeremy hilton , senior vice president of systems at d - wave .
i think it was established here that google & nasa did not invest in d - wave but bought specific version of d - wave product . either d - wave machine showed private results that impressed the buyers or it is what scott 508 says
i wish somebody from d - wave would defend the company on this post . whenever scott talks about d - wave all i can think is “sour grapes . ”
notably , the latter includes the forthcoming d - wave processor , which brownell says will end all doubt that they’ve leaped ahead of classical systems — and will forever leave them behind .
one important caveat for d - wave’s systems as well as every other quantum computer under development : they require near - absolute zero temperatures , making them expensive and difficult to operate .
williams is director of business development at quantum computing company d - wave systems , as well as an author , researcher , and noted thinker in the field in his own right .
here is a recent daniel lidar talk about experiments on the d - wave one .
[ … ] d - wave : truth finally starts to emerge . [ … ]
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dr . daniel lidar talking about experiments on his d - wave one quantum computer .
more information on d - wave’s technology can be found on the company’s official website .
the installation of the d - wave 2x system will be completed in january 2016 .
a 512 - qubit chip for one of d - wave ' s quantum computers .
d - wave ' s quantum computer is a limited version called a quantum annealer .
companies have also done extensive testing of d - wave’s systems , and they are promising . just this december , google announced that d - wave’s latest model was 100 million times faster than its conventional computing counterpart at solving a test problem involving almost 1 , 000 variables .
d - wave deployed what was considered the first quantum computer in 2011 , and its systems have been purchased by google , lockheed martin , nasa , and the los alamos national laboratory .
because d - wave is a decade ahead of every other competing technology when it comes engineering and systems integration . d - wave machines do actually work on real - world problems . they do not work as well as carefully - tuned classical approaches , but they do work .
grasshopper – regardless of how d - wave uses the money , lockheed’s payment to d - wave is at least $ 10 million , and that is in effect public money .
[ … ] order a d - wave two quantum computer . scott aaronson wrote an informative critique titled “d - wave : truth finally starts to emerge” in his [ … ]
goldman sachs group is an investor in d - wave systems , another quantum player , as is in - q - tel , the cia - backed venture capital company , says vern brownell , ceo of d - wave . the company makes machines that do something called quantum annealing .
the d - wave 2x is the latest product release from d - wave systems inc , and is the most powerful quantum computer in the world . the d - wave 2x features a 1000 + qubit quantum processor and numerous design improvements that result in larger problem sizes , faster performance and higher precision . links : benchmarking paper : urltoken d - wave 2x press release : urltoken quantum artificial intelligence lab upgrade press release : urltoken video made by : dominic walliman urltoken
i tested the hunch ( # 270 ) that you could solve d - wave’s native problem in software faster than d - wave , and found ( assuming no mistakes ) that you can beat d - wave by quite some margin using a simple c program . as far as i can see , this proves that d - wave is not currently a useful computational device since it means you can make a universal d - wave simulator in software .
burnaby , bc – january 24 , 2017 — d - wave systems inc . , the leader in quantum computing systems and software , today announced general commercial availability of the d - wave 2000q™ quantum computer . d - wave also announced the first customer for the new system , temporal defense systems inc . ( tds ) , a cutting - edge cyber security firm . with 2000 qubits and new control features , the new system can solve larger problems than was previously possible , with faster performance , providing a big step toward production applications in optimization , cybersecurity , machine learning , and sampling .
abstract : harris & harris group , inc . ( nasdaq : tiny ) notes that on may 25 , 2011 , d - wave systems , inc . , and lockheed martin corporation announced that lockheed martin has entered into an agreement to purchase a quantum computing system from d - wave .
been pre - approved by the international d - wave hype repeaters association . namely , the same usc paper that reported the quantum annealing behavior of the d - wave one , also
a d - wave machine is exploring how planetary rovers can autonomously manage schedules and time .
big blue has a five - qubit quantum computer ready for use now . it intends to build commercial ibm q systems with ~ 50 qubits in the next few years to demonstrate capabilities beyond today ' s classical systems , and plans to collaborate with key industry partners to develop applications that exploit the quantum speedup of the systems .
d - wave systems builds the world ' s first and only commercial quantum computers . the scientists , engineers and executives here are among the many people who have contributed to this historic achievem . . .
another question that has come up in discussing d - wave’s systems is that your papers don’t seem to demonstrate any entanglement , which a lot of people in the quantum computing field think is necessary to have significantly fast computing . ( i’m thinking specifically of schoelkophf lab’s experiments at yale . ) do the d - wave systems demonstrate entanglement ? if not , how does that impact the speed of the optimization calculations ?
d - wave systems inc . , the leader in quantum computing systems and software , and fixstars corporation of japan today announced a collaboration to advance the growth of quantum computing . fixstars is a leader in providing cpu / gpu / fpga acceleration technologies , using its software parallelization and optimization expertise . fixstars is now launching a professional service to help organizations realize the benefits and advantages of d - wave quantum computers .
in 2010 we released our first commercial system , the d - wave one™ quantum computer . we have doubled the number of qubits in successive generations , shipping the 512 - qubit d - wave two™ system in 2013 and the 1000 + qubit d - wave 2x™ system in 2015 . in 2017 we released the d - wave 2000q™ system with 2000 qubits and advanced control features .
d - wave systems inc . uses the relatively new adiabatic model , also known as quantum annealing . this architecture allows its quantum bits , or qubits , to shift from superposition to a traditional computer state .
some of the authors are employees of d - wave systems inc . , a company seeking to develop a processor that uses a computational model known as quantum annealing . this work describes progress in that effort .
in this video we look at the different systems that make up a d - wave quantum computer . we show what the cooling system involves , the electromagnetic shielding and how the electronics system program . . .
palo alto , ca – march 13 , 2017 - d - wave systems inc . , the leader in quantum computing systems and software , announced that google , nasa , and universities space research association ( usra ) have elected to upgrade their d - wave 2x™ quantum computer to the new d - wave 2000q™ system , under the terms of their multi - year agreement , to support quail ' s pioneering research on how quantum computing can be applied to artificial intelligence , machine learning , and difficult optimization problems .
“working with the d - wave processors has helped us develop and fine - tune models of quantum annealing , ” said hartmut neven , director of engineering for google and head of the quantum artificial intelligence lab . “we look forward to the continued advancements coming from each generation of d - wave systems . ”
look , i appreciate the pressure d - wave is under , more so after this visit .
[ … ] of d - wave’s claims is much of what scott aaronson has wrote about them . see for example urltoken , urltoken although interestingly after he visited d - wave’s [ … ]
today we welcome jen houston , svp marketing , to d - wave . find out more at
download this white paper to learn more about the programming model for a d - wave system .
d - wave ' s quantum computers use very different technology to that found in everyday computers .
google teams up with d - wave to produce a faster automated image search . but , …
with the d - wave , the theory is not as much developed ,
he said .
d - wave says it has a 2 , 000 - qubit quantum computer plus a qbsolv compiler available on github for its quantum computer . there is some dispute whether d - wave ' s systems are real quantum computers or not . notwithstanding that google and nasa have bought one and are pleased with it .
[ … ] presumably d - wave systems got together a lot of smart graph theorists and ic designers and thought really hard about these problems . what they came up with was the chimera graph : [ … ]
the new anneal offsets control feature enables users to tune the annealing of individual qubits . combined with a faster annealing time over previous d - wave systems , problems can be solved more efficiently , improving application performance .
the d - wave 2000q system outperformed the gpu - based implementations by 100 times in equivalent problem solving performance per watt . power efficiency is a serious and growing issue in large - scale computing . the power draw of d - wave’s systems has remained constant in successive generations , and is expected to continue to do so while the computational power increases dramatically . as a result , the computational power per watt is expected to increase much more rapidly for d - wave qpus than for classical systems . link to technical white paper .
in this paper , we provide an introduction to quantum annealers , which are analogue quantum computing devices , and their potential application to solve hard optimisation problems . we summarise our benchmarks performed on a
wave two
machine by canadian company d - wave systems inc .
investigations of quantum computing were originally motivated by the possibility of efficiently simulating quantum systems . here we approach this challenge using a d - wave 2000q system to estimate quantum boltzmann statistics . we compare performance with state - of - the - art classical monte carlo simulations of the quantum systems , and find that , over the problems studied , the d - wave processor realizes a performance advantage over classical methods that increases with simulated system size .
even though d - wave has only sold a handful of its quantum computers , it continues to attract buyers for its machines and to generate interest in its technology . the carmaker volkswagen has been working with d - wave since 2017 , using its systems to model traffic flows and develop more efficient batteries for electric cars .
because d - wave managed ( via clever marketing ) to scare a few organizations with deep pockets into thinking that if they didn ' t buy d - wave systems , they could miss that once - in - a - lifetime opportunity to have a miraculous quantum computer at hand while their competitors / enemies do not .
…i’d say the leading contenders are still superconducting flux qubits like those used by d - wave . if d - wave wanted to put heisenberg style couplings ( i . e . , at least pauli - xx as well as pauli - zz ) onto their chips they’d have to do some combination of
in may 2013 , there were two d - wave - related papers published that attracted some interest .
“d - wave paper [ 1 ] ” ( boixo et al ) concerned d - wave one ( 108 qubits ) and gave some indirect arguments that the device is behaving like a genuine quantum annealer .
d - wave’s latest processor has 2 , 000 qubits — far surpassing the capacity of previous models .
d - wave is looking to work with a cloud partner , but brownell declined to identify candidates . one possibility is google . in 2009 , google researcher hartmut neven cowrote a paper with d - wave researchers that showed that the d - wave system might be useful for searching across large image databases .
this year d - wave sold its first commercial quantum computer to lockheed martin . lockheed officials said the computer would be used for the test and measurement of things like jet aircraft designs , or the reliability of satellite systems .
if your “scam” scenario came to pass google would eventually write - off the investment and d - wave will be toast . d - wave doesn’t want this , so they will try everything to improve their chips to prevent this form happening . you’d call it stone soup , i’d call it market forces .
i even hope the academic qc community will contribute to d - wave’s success , by doing careful independent studies like the usc group did , and by coming up with proposals like lidar’s for how d - wave could move forward . on the other hand , in the strange , unlikely event that d - wave
run the problem on the d - wave machine . for the d - wave 2 , purchased by google and located at the nasa ames research center , google has developed a proxy server that interfaces with the actual d - wave machine that will allow the user to submit batch jobs to the quantum machine .
d - wave is still discovering uses for its quantum computer . los alamos national laboratory bought a d - wave system to study new computer designs and uses . google is using the computer for machine learning and other applications . d - wave is also offering remote access to its quantum computer to specific users .
the present systems and methods generally relate to using sorting networks to generate permutations by a quantum processor for solving combinatorial problems .
palo alto , ca – september 28 , 2015 - d - wave systems inc . , the world ' s first quantum computing company , announced that it has entered into a new agreement covering the installation of a succession of d - wave systems located at nasa’s ames research center in moffett field , california . this agreement supports collaboration among google , nasa and usra ( universities space research association ) that is dedicated to studying how quantum computing can advance artificial intelligence and machine learning , and the solution of difficult optimization problems . the new agreement enables google and its partners to keep their d - wave system at the state - of - the - art for up to seven years , with new generations of d - wave systems to be installed at nasa ames as they become available .
when are d - wave quantum computers happening ? d - wave plans to continue to develop its quantum processors , is backed by high - profile investors and continues to sell machines to the occasional early adopter .
i’d never heard of d - wave until this morning and the news reports looked rather suspicious . i landed on your blog after doing a google search .
“the new agreement is the largest order in d - wave’s history , and indicative of the importance of quantum computing in its evolution toward solving problems that are difficult for even the largest supercomputers , ” said d - wave ceo vern brownell . “we highly value the commitment that our partners have made to d - wave and our technology , and are excited about the potential use of our systems for machine learning and complex optimization problems . ”
google operates a d - wave systems’ quantum computer in the quantum artificial intelligence lab ( quail ) . the lab is hosted by nasa and the universities space research association at the nasa ames research center in mountain view , california .
if quantum computer is imposible then nothing to do with quantum simulation also becouse then it’s means that all tryings to simulate quantum systems are wrong and need search another method to simulate quantum systems and which then probably don’t scals exponentionaly with number of particles .
palo alto , ca - - ( marketwired - nov 16 , 2015 ) - d - wave systems inc . , the world ' s first quantum computing company , today announced that it has entered into a multi - year agreement with lockheed martin ( nyse : lmt ) to upgrade the company’s 512 - qubit d - wave two™ quantum computer to the new d - wave 2x™ system with 1 , 000 + qubits . this represents the second system upgrade since lockheed martin became d - wave ' s first customer in 2011 with the purchase of a 128 qubit d - wave one™ system . the agreement includes the system , maintenance and associated professional services .
i think that this is what scott meant by a reductio ad absurdum of d - wave’s technical philosophy .
henning # 425 , i cited that just because d - wave quite politely and accurately expressed they point .
i do agree that d - wave has not yet convincingly demonstrated that their chips are better at anything .
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d - wave is driving the hardware forward ,
says d - wave international president bo ewald .
but we need more smart people thinking about applications , and another set thinking about software tools .
scepticism surrounds the ultimate potential of d - wave machines , but researchers are already finding uses for them .
so when d - wave shows you many different industries that might use a d - wave machine , there may be many areas that it can be used in , but it remains a specialized device .
the binary optimization problem that d - wave processors excel at has practical applications in a variety of areas .
tfot coverage of d - wave’s 16 - qubit quantum computer – the “orion” , can be found here .
d - wave ' s colin williams says classical computers solve the problem by hopping from point to point .
a quantum physics phenomenon called quantum tunnelling allows d - wave ' s computer to do more than that .
“d - wave continues to advance the state - of - the - art in quantum computing with each generation of systems we deliver to customers , ” said vern brownell , d - wave’s ceo . “we are the only company selling quantum computers , and our growing ecosystem of users and developers gives us the benefit of their practical experience as we develop products to solve real - world problems . while other organizations have prototypes with just a few qubits in their labs , d - wave is delivering the systems , software , training , and services needed to build an industry . ”
“we solve a multi - period portfolio optimization problem using d - wave systems ' quantum annealer . we derive a formulation of the problem , discuss several possible integer encoding schemes , and present numerical examples that show high success rates . ”
the sales team works with leading organizations in industry , government and academia to promote , sell and support d - wave’s technology . our diverse team includes people with backgrounds in high performance computing , systems engineering , physics and quantum computing .
however , these processors are also fundamentally more limited in the breadth of problems they can tackle than the general - purpose computers in use today , with d - wave ' s systems only able to handle a specific type of computation .
“the new system will be the third generation of d - wave technology installed at ames , ” said d - wave ceo vern brownell . “we are pleased that google , nasa , and usra value the increased performance embodied in our latest generation of technology , the d - wave 2000q system , for their critical applications . ”
“d - wave paper [ 2 ] ” ( mcgeoch - wang ) concerned the more recent d - wave two machine ( 439 qubits , potentially 512 ) . it provides comparisons of d - wave two ( together with a software layer called blackbox ) against some combinatorial optimisation solvers running on classical hardware for three specific tasks .
perhaps soon , d - wave ( or some similar company ) will give detailed press conferences like intel’s … to understand d - wave’s design rules even in outline , would be a major advance for the whole community .
some critics have argued that d - wave ' s technique isn ' t true quantum computing , while other researchers have validated the method . either way , d - wave is providing a powerful computer benefiting its customers .
“d - wave systems” and dr . hartmut neven – a scientist from google , will demonstrate an image recognition algorithm running on a quantum computer , at the “super computing 2007” ( sc07 ) conference . the conference will take place in nevada this week . the device , developed by the canadian “d - wave systems” company , is claimed to be the first practical and commercially viable quantum computer . the computer carries out multiple calculations simultaneously , thus achieving faster computation results than conventional computers .
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cybersecurity firm temporal defense systems bought the d - wave 2000q – the firm’s first 2 , 000 quantum bit ( qubit ) quantum computer – and although the price it paid has not been revealed , the computer is valued $ 15 million .
d - wave has installed more than $ 50 million worth of quantum systems at customer sites . the d - wave 2000q system is available through sale or lease as a standalone system , or via our quantum cloud . we also provide competition - winning , quantum - inspired machine learning services , application development services , and custom fabrication of superconducting circuits .
so from a scientific perspective , in some sense i’d be swayed even less by whatever patents d - wave has than by its media coverage or its business deals .
knowing that you have a physics degree i wanted to learn more about what attracts you to d - wave .
look , i promise this will be the last d - wave post in a while . but there have been two developments that , as planet earth’s primary d - wave skepticism clearinghouse , i feel a duty to report .
give scott a break , d - wave has made many bold statements and offered little proof . now d - wave had given a fragment of proof scott is willing to step back and let the physicists have a go .
the quantum artificial intelligence lab will use the most advanced commercially available quantum computer , the d - wave two .
d - wave announced two new features for its 2000q quantum annealing computer : reverse annealing , bringi . . .
who do d - wave quantum computers affect ? mainly large organizations with deep pockets , as each d - wave machine costs $ 15m . however , while early customers are restricted to the likes of lockheed martin , the us government , google , and nasa , d - wave also provides access to its machines via a cloud service .
update : this story has been updated to clarify daniel lidar ' s postion on the d - wave machine .
( physorg . com ) - - taking another step toward demonstrating quantum behavior in a quantum computer , researchers from the vancouver - based company d - wave systems , inc . , have performed a technique called quantum annealing , which . . .
8 . intel is focused on using quantum computing to make gains in advanced manufacturing , electronics , and better systems for architectural design .
fig . 4 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary digital computer that may be used in conjunction with the present systems and methods .
ibm ' s five - qubitter seems rather small beer compared to a 2 , 000 - qubit d - wave system . you ' d think that if d - wave was up to 2 , 000 qubits then ibm ' s boffins wouldn ' t be messing around with systems 400 times smaller . but this is quantum mechanics where two things can be true at once – so what the heck do we know ?
founded in 1999 , d - wave systems is the world ' s first quantum computing company and the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems and software . our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing to solve the world ' s most challenging problems . our systems are being used by world - class organizations and institutions including lockheed martin , google , nasa , usc , usra , los alamos national laboratory , oak ridge national laboratory , volkswagen , and many others . d - wave has been granted over 160 u . s . patents and has published over 100 peer - reviewed papers in leading scientific journals .
[ … ] d - wave is in the news again . research blog : launching the quantum artificial intelligence lab but temper your excitement with a bit of skepticism – d - wave : truth finally starts to emerge [ … ]
( with correction ) are easier than the hardest in the class of instances that could be set up on a d - wave machine . it would be interesting to see how d - wave performs on these more testing problems .
florian neukart , david von dollen , gabriele compostella , christian seidel , sheir yarkoni , and bob parney ( volkswagen group of america , san francisco ; volkswagen data lab , munich , germany ; d - wave systems inc . , burnaby , canada )
us department of energy researchers at oak ridge national laboratory in tennessee will have cloud access to a d - wave 2000q system , allowing them to explore hybrid computing architectures , with a view to accelerating the development of software designed to run exascale systems .
but what i’d like to see , if you can ( check with your ip lawyers ) , why d - wave’s system would not be able to process shor’s algorithm .
long - time slashdot reader haruchai writes : canadian company d - wave has released their qbsolv tool on github to help bolster interest and familiarity with quantum computing .
qbsolv is a metaheuristic or partitioning solver that solves a potentially large qubo problem by splitting it into pieces that are solved either on a d - wave system or via a classical tabu solver ,
they write on github . this joins the qmasm macro assembler for d - wave systems , a tool written in python by scott pakin of los alamos national labs . d - wave president bo ewald says
d - wave is driving the hardware forward but we need more smart people thinking about applications , and another set thinking about software tools .
fig . 9 is an illustrative schematic diagram of an exemplary computational solver system for solving problems in accordance with the present systems and methods .
given these obvious issues , why is google buying into d - wave ' s system ? quite simple : google doesn ' t give a damn if it is a quantum computer or not , just that it works , and works better than existing systems .
scott has clearly discovered an algorithm that can create anti - d wave arguments longer than the lifetime of the universe .
on the other hand , it’s important to understand that all of these questions would’ve gotten some attention even without d - wave—and furthermore , it’s possible that other interesting questions would’ve gotten more attention without d - wave taking up people’s time .
conclusion some common measures of computational complexity are not well - adapted to assessing the implications of d - wave’s achievements .
“honest effort” , good grief , lol . i can’t resist a recent quote from vern brownell of d - wave :
1 . the title of the news is over stating what d - wave computer has done . d - wave did not solve protein folding problem , instead it solved an extraordinarily simplified model of the problem with only 40 discrete states .
orion chip’s sample holder attached to one of our dilution fridges ( credit : d - wave / j . chung )
d - wave burned its bridges with the scientific community in 2007 when it unveiled its first machine but didn ' t offer any peer - reviewed research to explain the thing . according to uc davis ' kuperberg , the press conference misrepresented not only quantum computing but theoretical computer science in general .
since then , discussions with d - wave or about d - wave have tended to veer toward the question of d - wave ' s credibility ,
kuperberg says .
as part of the joint effort , d - wave personnel will work with ornl to map applications to the d - wave architecture in order to solve new types of problems , and to solve existing problems faster by combining computing architectures .
the system is d - wave’s follow - up to the 1 , 000 qubit 2x , released in august 2015 .
a : to his credit , geordie rose ( the founder of d - wave ) does understand this ; see here for example . and yet , essentially every article i’ve read about d - wave gives readers exactly the opposite impression . the charitable explanation is that the d - wave folks are being selectively quoted or misquoted by journalists seeking to out - doofus one another . if so , one hopes that d - wave will try harder in the future to avoid misunderstandings .
d - wave systems , inc . is a quantum computing company , based in burnaby , british columbia . on may 11 , 2011 , d - wave system announced d - wave one , labeled
the world ' s first commercially available quantum computer ,
and also referred to it as an adiabatic quantum computer using quantum annealing to solve optimization problems operating on an 128 qubit chip - set lockheed martin and d - wave collaboration on may 25 , 2011 , lockheed martin signed a multi - year contract with d - wave systems to realize the benefits based upon a quantum annealing processor applied to some of lockheed ' s most challenging computation problems . the contract also includes maintenance , associated professional services , and the purchase of the d - wave one quantum computer system . optimization problem solving in protein structure determination . in august 2012 , a team of harvard university researchers presented results of the largest protein folding problem solved to date using a quantum computer . the researchers solved instances of a lattice protein folding model , known as the miyazawa - jernigan model , on a d - wave one quantum computer . d - wave systems - wikipedia , the free encyclopedia file wave 128chip . jpg - wikipedia , the free encyclopedia bezos expeditions and iqt join current d - wave investors , including business development bank of canada , draper fisher jurvetson , goldman sachs , growthworks , harris & harris group , international investment and underwriting , and kensington partners limited . d - wave technological innovation and quantum computing applications development .
our intelligence community customers have many complex problems that tax classical computing architecture ,
. soruce : d - wave , the quantum computing company i mean not bad for a company in burnaby plus when you have intelligence community customers and investors like goldman sachs lockheed martin and nasa ' s jpl
whether a dud or not aside ( and very crucial ) , d - wave’s already offering api’s for image recognition and sentiment analysis whereas the rest of the flock is still struggling to factor 15 . if d - wave’s hype did indeed turn not hype ( personally , i doubt it ) then d - wave is miles ahead of the rest of them .
determining community structure is a central topic in the study of complex and networked systems . we extended the concept of community detection from classical to quantum systems—a crucial missing component of a theory of complex networks based on quantum mechanics [ physical review x 4 , 041012 ( 2014 ) ] .
lockheed martin and d - wave will collaborate to realize the benefits of a computing platform based upon a quantum annealing processor , as applied to some of lockheed martin ' s most challenging computation problems . the multi - year contract includes a system , maintenance and associated professional services . d - wave develops computing systems that leverage the physics of quantum mechanics in order to address problems that are difficult for traditional methods to solve in a cost - effective amount of time . examples of such problems include software verification and validation , financial risk analysis , affinity mapping and sentiment analysis , object recognition in images , medical imaging classification , compressed sensing and bioinformatics . d - wave develops an architecture that is optimized for working with such problems . d - wave ' s press release may be accessed at urltoken harris & harris group is an investor in privately held d - wave systems , inc .
whether d - wave will make for faster - running or better artificial - intelligence systems is yet to be seen . lidar says that he has seen faster solvers . “every problem we have tested can still be solved faster on classical computers , ” he says .
d - wave is the only company selling a quantum computer . it sold its first system in 2011 and is now pushing the speed limits with a new quantum computer called the d - wave 2000q , which has 2 , 000 qubits .
as part of the joint effort , d - wave personnel will work with ornl to map applications to d - wave ' s architecture in order to solve new types of problems , and to solve existing problems faster by combining computing architectures .
d - wave is also going after the universal quantum computing model , hilton said . but the short - term goal is to discover more use models in areas like artificial intelligence where d - wave ' s quantum computer might hold promise .
in more detail , matthias troyer’s group spent a few months carefully studying the d - wave problem—after which , they were able to write optimized simulated annealing code that solves the d - wave problem on a normal , off - the - shelf classical computer , about 15 times faster than the d - wave machine itself solves the d - wave problem ! of course , if you wanted even more classical speedup than that , then you could simply add more processors to your classical computer , for only a tiny fraction of the ~ $ 10 million that a d - wave one would set you back .
nevertheless , the d - wave systems are the only commercially available quantum computers on the market today – an important milestone . “others are trying to do what may be a more mathematically or theoretically pure version of quantum computing , but they are years away from even solving simple problems , ” says d - wave ceo vern brownell . “we’re the only ones that have real customers . ”
just as the classical computing world needed a software ecosystem to build a broad community of application developers and users , the quantum computing world does as well . d - wave , quantum software companies , d - wave customers , and users are starting to develop system software , higher level tools , and applications that leverage the power of the d - wave system .
the significance of that 100 million speedup was disputed , on the grounds of the tests being synthetic and massively favoring the d - wave processor . however , d - wave said the test was meaningful because it demonstrated that d - wave ' s fundamental approach was sound , that the chips were capable of exploiting the phenomena called quantum tunnelling to help perform calculations .
( physorg . com ) - - last week , burnaby , british columbia - based company d - wave systems , inc . , announced that it sold its first commercial quantum computer . global security company lockheed martin , based in bethesda , maryland , . . .
it sounds to me like the d - wave publicity people simply need to be hooked up to a mild electric current .
d - wave’s a scam . pure and simple . any attempt to add nuance to what they are doing are distracting .
d - wave seems to have filed ( granted ? ) a lot of patents . what do you think about those ?
the annual cost of investing in d - wave’s computer is about 1 / 1000 of this value of lustre sustainment . so the break - even time for d - wave investment to sustain the lustre of nasa and google was about eight hours !
the answer to ( c ) is totally irrelevant to the question of whether d - wave has a reasonable business model .
it seems to me that scott and you argue that these constrains have been rigged to make d - wave look good .
scott and his collaborators have brilliantly debunked d - wave and that is to be applauded – especially because these things must be done right . it’s hugely important that d - wave doesn’t have a big influence on academia’s perception of quantum physics research .
( and it is uncanny that d - wave is running so many victory laps without yet any quantum error correction . )
indeed , posing sorting problems on d - wave’s current architecture would be quite inefficient . indeed , posing any problem on d - wave’s current architecture that’s not immediately expressible in terms of finding the ground state of an ising model is quite inefficient .
peter – “i do agree that d - wave has not yet convincingly demonstrated that their chips are better at anything . ”
but as the much ridiculed ramsey number paper illustrated actually mapping something optimally to d - wave’s architecture is yet another issue .
you try to scale up . so , please support d - wave if it wants to spend money to show bell inequality violations , or other “smoking - gun” evidence that its qubits are working together coherently . you’re welcome , d - wave !
yes , i’ve strongly objected to d - wave making claims about having a commercial product without first validating the underlying technology .
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d - wave’s physics and engineering team is responsible for research , development , and fabrication of the quantum computer hardware system .
d - wave is setting out to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to bring quantum computing into the ma . . .
in practice , of course , you’re never trying to solve qubo with the d - wave constraint graph , but only some other optimization problem that has to be reduced to d - wave’s problem , incurring considerable loss . but we now know that , even in the silly case that you did want to solve d - wave’s qubo problem and nothing else , you’d be better off to ask matthias for his code ( or download alex’s code ) and run it on your laptop , rather than spending $ 15 million for d - wave’s giant black box .