D-Wave has made its latest Advantage2 quantum computer – a system designed to solve highly complex optimisation problems – available globally. It is a move that, on the one hand, demonstrates the maturity of quantum annealing technology and, on the other, makes the discussion about the commercial application of quantum computers more realistic.
Advantage2 offers more than 4400 qubits, 20 times the connectivity of the new Zephyr topology and twice the coherence, resulting in better stability and computational performance. Unlike universal quantum computers, which still struggle with physical and scalability barriers, D-Wave focuses on a narrow but now practical application: optimisation.
The system can be run both locally and in the Leap cloud, where the hybrid approach allows problems with a scale of up to two million variables to be processed. For companies operating in areas such as logistics, materials design or artificial intelligence, this means that real quantum solutions can be implemented – here and now.
While Advantage2 is not a quantum computer in the Hollywood sense, its market value lies in its specialisation. D-Wave shows that you don’t have to wait a decade for a breakthrough in cryptography or molecular modelling – you can optimise transport fleets or production schedules faster and cheaper today.
This pragmatic approach could prove to be an advantage in the quantum race: rather than promising everything, D-Wave solves specific problems – and does so effectively.
