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No point to refer to "industry experts". Either data shows speedup, or it doesn't. Things will become clear after they release the next version [0]. If there's x1000 speedup, as claimed, it's a real deal, no matter if it's "really quantum" or otherwise.

[0] http://www.dwavesys.com/media-coverage/techrepublic-quantum-...

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>If there's x1000 speedup, as claimed, it's a real deal, no matter if it's "really quantum" or otherwise.

Except not, because constant time speedup isn't interesting, 1000x classical computers will get you the same effect probably for less $ than d-wave. The entire point is that a genuine quantum computer should achieve an asymptotic speed-up not a constant factor one, which no one really cares about.

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