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27 August, 2012

The final part of the Quantum Computer experiment implemented the Shor factoring algorithm using 15 as the value to be factored. In 150,000 runs of the calculation, the chip gave the correct result 48% of the time. As Shor's algorithm is only supposed to give the correct answer 50% of the time, this is a good result

http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/4679-a-quantum-computer-finds-factors.html