Toshiba touts an algorithm that it says is faster than a supercomputer - but not a quantum computer

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Toshiba touts an algorithm that it says is faster than a supercomputer - but not a quantum computer
Toshiba has said it needs a partner to adopt the algorithm for real-world use
January 18, 2020
https://www.scmp.com/tech/science-r...ts-algorithm-it-says-faster-supercomputer-not

Japan’s Toshiba says it has the technology to make such rapid-fire calculations a reality – not quite quantum computing, but perhaps the next best thing. The claim is being met with a mix of intrigue and scepticism at financial firms in Tokyo and around the world.

Toshiba’s “Simulated Bifurcation Algorithm” is designed to harness the principles behind quantum computers without requiring the use of such machines, which currently have limited applications and can cost millions of dollars to build and keep near absolute zero temperature. Toshiba says its technology, which may also have uses outside finance, runs on PCs made from off-the-shelf components.

“You can just plug it into a server and run it at room temperature,” Kosuke Tatsumura, a senior research scientist at Toshiba’s Computer & Network Systems Laboratory, said in an interview.
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“Finance is the most familiar application,” Toshiba Chief Executive Officer Nobuaki Kurumatani said in an interview. “But there are so many uses. This is a technology with real potential.”
Toshiba’s algorithm seems to outperform rival approaches on mathematical benchmarks, but how it will perform on real-world problems is anyone’s guess.
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