Update 24 July, 2 pm UTC: Removed language indicating Nvidia’s involvement. Per an Nvidia spokesperson: “These simulations were conducted by researchers from CNR in Rome, Italy and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Researchers working with Nvidia supercomputers are claiming noteworthy progress in the quest to build a fully functional, commercially viable quantum computer based on supercomputer simulations conducted with graphical processing units (GPUs). While progress toward the development of a useful quantum computer has been steady for decades, physicists are still split on exactly what p…