A company called D-Wave introduced what they called the first commercial quantum computer at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. This computer is said to use a process called adiabatic quantum computing to achieve 16-quibits (quantum bits) of processing speed. D-Wave also claims that they will be able to achieve 1000 quibits within the next year.

This claim has been met with some skepticism. In this AP news release, it is noted that D-Wave themselves are not sure the computer is using true quantum calculations. Also, it is noted that adiabatic quantum computing is not 'true' quantum computing. Although it does use some quantum mechanic principles. Arstechnica.com has more information defining adiabatic computing. I presume that the basic idea behind adiabatic quantum computing comes from thermodynamics, describing a process that changes infinitely slowly