Editor's Summary
15 March 2007
Look before you leap
Plenty of recent Nature papers have signed off with "this is an important step towards the goal of quantum computing..." or similar. But most Nature readers do not expect to see quantum computers soon. So what to make of the announcement from Canadian company D-Wave Systems that their new Orion machine is up and running? Geoff Brumfiel takes a look.
Business: Quantum leap of faith
A Canadian company says it is the first to bring a quantum computer to market but, as Geoff Brumfiel reports, not everyone is buying into the approach.
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