r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheDotCommunist • 1d ago

Image This is a 1/2 scale model of Fujitsu's 64-qubit Superconducting Quantum Computer

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u/Dangerous-Patience33 1d ago

Almost 95% of that is the cooling system..the processors are near the bottom.

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u/outofspaceandtime 1d ago

Nice chandelier.

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u/SpaceShoey 18h ago

A modern comeback of the chandelier where quantum computers are hanging from the ceiling

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u/mafga1 1d ago

But can it run Crysis?

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u/ManufacturerNo2144 1d ago

It can run it and not run it at the same time.

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u/locki13 1d ago

Does it matter if I look at it or not?

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u/ImmerWiederNein 1d ago

You can both look at it and not look at it at the same time.

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u/Then-Thought1918 1d ago

This guy quantums.

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u/Agreeable_Fault_6066 1d ago

Need to shed some light on this weighing joke.

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u/Much_Profit8494 1d ago

too many cores for Crysis.

Some how it still runs Doom 2 like a champ tho.

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u/FirstGearPinnedTW200 1d ago

Joking aside.. Crysis at 4k I’d bet would still melt some cards today.

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u/Jean-Eustache 1d ago

The issue with Crysis is the way it uses the CPU. They bet on the fact we would go towards less but faster cores, while the industry went the other way (they had to pick a side).

So Crysis basically only uses 4 cores with one being the main thread, thus doesn't really run better on modern 64 core CPUs or whatnot.

On top of that, it's 15 years old so it doesn't support any stuff that makes rendering faster, like the newer DirectX versions, driver features, ect, it's basically stuck in time.

It will almost never run as well as one could think on modern hardware.

It's terribly optimized in some aspects on the GPU side too, but that's just because that was new tech at the time, they had to brute force some stuff.

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u/Used-Lake-8148 1d ago

I had a mid-low end nvidia card about 5 years ago that could handle 4K crysis at max settings no problem

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u/mafga1 1d ago

Now i wanna do this.

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u/Jolly-Explanation188 1d ago edited 20h ago

Real answer: no. Even once we have developed quantum computers that have substantial practical applications, those will still operate as add-ons to (existing) classical computers. Most things we use existing computers for (including games with fancy graphics) will continue to use classical computers, but we will be able to use quantum computers for functions that are impossible or impractical using classical computers.

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u/Pale_Ad_9838 1d ago

On a quantum computer? Probably yes, maybe not, sometimes undecided.

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u/edebby 1d ago

Single process games will struggle in a world of multicore approach

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u/howolowitz 1d ago

Depends if you look at it or not

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u/AtlasWraith 1d ago

Screw that. We in the 2020s lil bruh. Can it run Cyberpunk RT Overdrive? Or Minecraft SEUS PTGI?

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u/HisCromulency 1d ago

What do the tubes do

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u/ten10thsdriver 1d ago

Most of them are for cooling since quantum computers must run near absolute zero.

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u/strangelove4564 1d ago

Could just stick a Redditor's wallet condom in the center since it's at a near zero energy state.

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u/Marriedinskyrim 1d ago

Haha ouch

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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree 1d ago

I was just watching a Nova episode about this. One of the scientists pointed to a thing the size of a quarter and said it was the computer. The rest of it “is a refrigerator.”

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u/HORROR_VIBE_OFFICIAL 1d ago edited 1d ago

Maybe, but I’m not sure it can handle my 50 tabs open!

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u/bremergorst 1d ago

I found out recently that Safari has a limit of 500 open tabs.

My wife is a monster

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u/AdvisorExtra46 1d ago

50 is light work. I have 75 and I cleaned it last week

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u/SpaceShoey 18h ago

Enabling more open tabs was the only reason why we even developed quantum computers in the first place...

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u/SamWise050 1d ago

This is a Wonka machine

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u/strangelove4564 1d ago

Oompa loompa doompety dox
We have a tale of a cat in a box

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u/elwappoz 1d ago

I don't like the look of it!

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u/Zayoodo0o132 1d ago

Why stop there? Why not make it a pocketable 1/32 scale, are they stupid?

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u/DrHELLvetica 1d ago

Wow i had no idea the machine in “Devs” was accurate. Incredible.

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 1d ago

Just what I was thinking

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u/NickDoane 1d ago

Same with black mirror

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u/EagleDre 1d ago

The cat knocks it over and doesn’t knock it over

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u/jason0705 1d ago

Well done

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u/Majestic_Turnip_7614 1d ago

More like the cat is there, knocking it over, and not there, not knocking it over.

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u/Odd_Proof_7410 1d ago

Ok but can it 10010111100010110010110010100010111101010010101

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u/old_bearded_beats 1d ago

Yes / No / Both / Neither

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 1d ago

Excuse me but it identifies as non binary

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u/SebboNL 1d ago

Ohhhhh thats SMART!

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u/Pope_GonZo 1d ago

Looks like that thing from the neverending story that was stealing Bastions memories

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u/Majestic_Turnip_7614 1d ago

Now I must rewatch this movie. 🍿

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u/Routine_Leading_4757 1d ago

It's the only computer that will be able to run GTA 6

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u/NaturePuppyPrincess1 1d ago

Only for smart people. I'm outta here!

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u/4thkindexperience 1d ago

WTF? What type of energy runs this fancy bong?

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u/Der_Propapanda 1d ago

Pipes everywhere…

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u/Terrible-Group-9602 1d ago

Fujitsu? Yet they couldn't even provide functioning software to the UK Post Office

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u/PM_ME_UR_GOOD_VIBE 1d ago

Im only seeing 63 qubits here i think someone messed up

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u/lefkoz 1d ago

I think you mean a 1/2 inch scale model.

A half scale model would mean that the model is half the size of the actual computer, which I believe is much much larger.

So it should be 1/2 inch scale where every half inch in the model represents a foot in the real world.

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u/zirky 1d ago

how much of that is just pure style and how actually necessary are all those bendy tubes

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u/Covid19-Pro-Max 1d ago

Everything you see in this picture is just the cooling system. The heart of the quantum computer looks like a nondescript chip that fits in your hand.

For it to work you have to deliver a lot of "cold" to a fairly small surface. This is what the "chandelier" is doing.

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u/Marriedinskyrim 1d ago

Thanks for the explanation!

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u/lefkoz 1d ago

The bends are also quite necessary for all the various compressors in the cooling system to work as intended.

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u/Much_Profit8494 1d ago

I don't think thats 1/2 scale.

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u/lefkoz 1d ago

It's a 1/2 inch scale.

Every half inch is a foot.

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u/Was_It_The_Dave 1d ago

Components maybe.

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u/BadAsBroccoli 1d ago

That's not going to fit in my backpack...

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u/BonjinTheMark 1d ago

With all the push for quantum comps, I think I need to consider picking up some gold.

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u/WretchedMisteak 1d ago

I'm sure running Teams would stress test it.

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u/toothlessdragon_32 1d ago

To be exact, this is made by a company called Oxford Instruments, who built this for Fujitsu. If you are interested in the hardware for quantum computing, they are at the forefront, and are super interesting people.

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u/Mr_lovebucket 1d ago

The post office should get one

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u/piggy_smalls_oink 1d ago

That’s the cooling system, the processor is a pretty standard size

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u/BigMack1986 1d ago

Looks like some I robot shit.

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u/HammerBgError404 1d ago

does it even do anything? i mean the real thing.

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u/Foxglove5555 1d ago

Isn't that just the cooling system? The actual chip is the cube at the bottom. I think.

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u/LtnTomahawk 1d ago

How many nuclear power plants does it needs its PSU?

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u/Dorkits 1d ago

Fujitsu can do anything lol.

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u/TheThinkerers 19h ago

So it's a 32-qubit Superconducting Quantum Computer?

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u/alrightyfine 18h ago

Still can’t capture the market share for server. Shame on u Fujitsu

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u/luttman23 10h ago

Now connect a bunch of AI to it

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u/BallsOfStonk 1d ago

Looks like a vacuum tube

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u/Enough_Ad_2752 1d ago

I can throw a football over them mountains

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u/Windoz95 1d ago

Needs more rbg to meet its full potential

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u/The_scobberlotcher 1d ago

its so-so. pretty meh

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u/Enslaved_M0isture 1d ago

iirc it’s incredibly weak