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The D-Wave computer is called a quantum computer because it uses some quantum properties when running a simulated annealing kind of algorithm (which is a well known classical algorithm so find sub-obtimal solutions to combinatorial problems, aka NP-Complete problems). But it is NOT a universal quantum computer in which one could run Shor's or Groover algorithms. In order to do that, you need to keep a quantum system with entangled qubits, something that is extremely difficult to achieve due to quantum decoherence, etc.

So, saying that "the new processor considers 2^1000 possibilities simultaneously" is basically a ton of bullsh. Even a real quantum computer cannot do that effectively.

Nevertheless, I think D-Wave is doing a great work and is definitely taking steps towards a real QC.



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