Last February, D-Wave Systems introduced the first 16 qubit computer, and wasted very little time in advancing. This week at the SC07 Conference, D-Wave will put the world's first commercial quantum computer on display, via the Internet. The computer, code-named "Orion", has a tentative release date of June 2009, where it will be accessible on-line for simulation purposes targeting at pricing and risk analysis. Users of the on-line service will come from

• government
• military
• academia
• research
• engineering
• life sciences
• manufacturing, banking and insurance industries

"Orion" is supported by a software system that allows the user to be free from confusion. Ease of use was a primary factor in the design of our software system," said Dr. Bill Macready, D-Wave vice president of software systems and products. With the inception of "Orion", D-Wave hopes to provide solutions to problems that have inherently limited digital computing.

Labels: Advanced Computing