{"id":81974,"date":"2018-08-22T12:22:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/d-wave-breakthrough-demonstrates-first-large-scale-quantum-simulation-of-topological-state-of-matter"},"modified":"2018-08-22T12:22:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:22:51","slug":"d-wave-breakthrough-demonstrates-first-large-scale-quantum-simulation-of-topological-state-of-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/d-wave-breakthrough-demonstrates-first-large-scale-quantum-simulation-of-topological-state-of-matter","title":{"rendered":"D-Wave Breakthrough Demonstrates First Large-Scale Quantum Simulation of Topological State of Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i9E4xDbUCl4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Fully-programmable annealing quantum computer simulates phenomenon behind 2016 Nobel Prize. Promises faster materials prototyping at lower cost.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BURNABY, BC \u2013 (August 22, 2018)<\/strong> \u2014 D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems and software, today published a milestone study demonstrating a topological phase transition using its 2048-qubit annealing quantum computer. This complex quantum simulation of materials is a major step toward reducing the need for time-consuming and expensive physical research and development.<\/p>\n<p>The paper, entitled \u201cObservation of topological phenomena in a programmable lattice of 1,800 qubits\u201d, was published in the peer-reviewed journal <em>Nature<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0410-x\">Vol. 560, Issue 7719, August 22, 2018<\/a>). This work marks an important advancement in the field and demonstrates again that the fully programmable D-Wave quantum computer can be used as an accurate simulator of quantum systems at a large scale. The methods used in this work could have broad implications in the development of novel materials, realizing Richard Feynman\u2019s original vision of a quantum simulator. This new research comes on the heels of D-Wave\u2019s recent <em>Science Magazine<\/em> paper demonstrating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwavesys.com\/sites\/default\/files\/qpt_synopsis.pdf\">different type of phase transition<\/a> in a quantum spin-glass simulation. The two papers together signify the flexibility and versatility of the D-Wave quantum computer in quantum simulation of materials, in addition to other tasks such as optimization and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwavesys.com\/press-releases\/d-wave-breakthrough-demonstrates-first-large-scale-quantum-simulation-topological\">https:\/\/www.dwavesys.com\/press-releases\/d-wave-breakthrough-...opological<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fully-programmable annealing quantum computer simulates phenomenon behind 2016 Nobel Prize. Promises faster materials prototyping at lower cost. BURNABY, BC \u2013 (August 22, 2018) \u2014 D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems and software, today published a milestone study demonstrating a topological phase transition using its 2048-qubit annealing quantum computer. This complex quantum simulation [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1617,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantum-physics","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}