The D-Wave computer operates as an adiabatic quantum computer, and consists of a superconducting 128-qubit chip in a cryogenics system within a 10 square meter room.
The Hewlett-Packard scientist behind the project, Phil Kuekes, said his next step would be to build a 16-bit memory chip in a tiny square--no more than 100 billionths of a meter inside.