D-Wave Systems, the self-proclaimed "first and only provider of
quantum computing systems designed to run commercial applications"
will be demonstrating an end-to-end quantum computing system powered
by a 16-qubit superconducting adiabatic quantum computer processor.

The so-called Orion system is a hardware accelerator designed to be
used in concert with a conventional front end for any application that
requires the solution of an NP-complete problem. In other words, the
customer might run a program to solve a given problem on its own
computers - when it encounters the "hard" part of the problem, it will
remotely call D-Wave's computer to run a subroutine.

The processor used in the demo uses 16 qubits in a 4 by 4 array,
coupled to nearest neighbours, and next-nearest neighbours. By tuning
these inter-qubit couplings, then applying an external magnetic field,
the system finds a ground state which represents the solution to the
problem. Thus, the model being demonstrated would, in principle, be
able to solve any problem that can be cast in terms of a two
dimensional Ising model in a magnetic field. Whilst not universal,
D-wave are planning the integration of an additional coupler which
will make possible universal quantum computation, as required for
quantum simulation - one of the potentially large markets for quantum
computers.