Generally speaking, computing is easier when working in base two. I can't speak for this computer or quantum computing specifically, but for parallel computing, pretty much every algorithm is simpler to implement on a base 2 number of processors. Not that it can't be done in non base two, just that base two eliminates tons of edge cases. I'd guess something similar is being done here too.
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Generally speaking, computing is easier when working in base two. I can't speak for this computer or quantum computing specifically, but for parallel computing, pretty much every algorithm is simpler to implement on a base 2 number of processors. Not that it can't be done in non base two, just that base two eliminates tons of edge cases. I'd guess something similar is being done here too.