Well, not as it is typically known, but it is a real product that bridges the gap between contemporary microprocessors and those of tomorrow. And when I say tomorrow, I mean you're 50 and computers don't make sense to you anymore.

Pseudo-quantum computing involves metal transistor micro-architecture cooled to absolute zero, to achieve speeds of 100 GHz. Georidi isn't telling the whole truth, because since superconductor processors do indeed theoretically consume less power and produce less heat at speeds many magnitudes faster than their silicon cousins, the power it would take to cool them to absolute zero kinda invalidates that argument.

The blog post is pretty simplistic and the comments are actually more interesting than the post itself, although as is typical in any open forum discussion that involves humans, it's full of nonsense and eventually degenerates into a slur fight. Someone should remind "systemstate" that the Earth was built because the prior attempt produced 42.

http://dwave.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/fun-with-niobium/