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Steve Jurvetson · CC BY 2.0
Processors · Quantum annealing

A wafer of Vesuvius processors

D-Wave’s earlier Vesuvius-architecture processor wafer, photographed on 1 February 2018. The full wafer is shown with the photographer’s reflection.

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D-Wave
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2018-02-01
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Steve Jurvetson
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Steve Jurvetson · CC BY 2.0

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