Quantum Computers
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Software / hardware verification and validation
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Bioinformatics / cancer research
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Traffic flow
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Manufacturing processes
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Internet advertising placement
D-Wave Technology
D-Wave’s quantum computer leverages quantum dynamics to accelerate and enable new methods for solving discrete optimization, sampling, material science, and machine learning problems. It uses a process called quantum annealing that harnesses the natural tendency of real-world quantum systems to find low-energy states. If an optimization problem is analogous to a landscape of peaks and valleys, each coordinate represents a possible solution and its elevation represents its energy. The best solution is that with the lowest energy corresponding to the lowest point in the deepest valley in the landscape.
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.
State of the Business
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.
We and our customers have developed dozens of prototype applications and software tools, many of which have been published and presented at conferences and user forums. We have a dedicated sales and systems engineering team including experts who train and assist our customers in developing applications.
We have been the subject of a cover story in Time, and of major coverage in The New York Times, Wired, MIT Technology Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist.
Quantum Applications
D-Wave and its customers, new quantum software companies, and independent developers are developing system software, higher-level tools, and applications that leverage the power of the D-Wave system. Users have already developed over 100 early applications in areas including:
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Optimization
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Machine learning
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Pattern recognition and anomaly detection
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Cyber security
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Image analysis
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Financial analysis