I would be most curious to know how they arrive at double exponential. I have not yet read this paper.
LC On Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 12:06:57 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > Here is a copy of that leaked paper: > > Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lv8p1fB47z1pEZVlfDXhop082Lc-kdD/view> > > I found these quotes from it to be particularly interesting: > > > *"We show that quantum speedup is achievable in a real-world system and > isnot precluded by any hidden physical laws." * > > *"Our processor takes about 200 seconds to sample one instance of the > quantum circuit 1 million times, a state-of-the-art supercomputer would > require approximately 10,000 years to perform the equivalent task."* > > *"Quantum processors based on superconducting qubits can now perform > computations in a Hilbert space of dimension 2^53 ≈ 9 × 10^15, beyond the > reach of the fastest classical supercomputers available today. To our > knowledge, this experiment marks the first computation that can only be > performed on a quantum processor."* > > *"Quantum processors have thus reached the regime of quantum supremacy. We > expect their computational power will continue to grow at a double > exponential rate"* > > For me the most stunning thing about the entire article is the 3 words > "double > exponential rate" > > John K Clark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/39c408ba-ac1f-4eae-9ee6-b7a79fe61376%40googlegroups.com.
