Iran's 'Quantum' Computer is Apparently Powered by an Arm Development Board

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced Iran had deployed quantum computers to aid in its military operations. But the "Quantum Processing Unit" displayed to grand fanfarre was just an ARM-based, Amazon-available development board.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/iran-quantum-computer-arm-dev-board

Created 2y | Jun 14, 2023, 4:20:49 PM


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