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| FreeDOS + Posts: 1276/1312 |
Originally posted by Metal Man88 Pentium is obsolete. Intel Core is the successor. |
| Koitenshin +∞ Posts: 848/873 |
Metal Man88, I believe the answer it would give is "42". |
| Metal Man88 Posts: 682/701 |
This computer can bring in a new era. I sense it. All of our non-quantum computers are made obsolete by this. While no time soon will we have the Pentium Q, rated at 120248 much Quantum MHz (Or whatever they use), just one or two big, powerful Quantum computers can be used to do things the normal ones cringe at. And... in the end, that's likely to reveal something interesting about the universe. |
| Koitenshin +∞ Posts: 844/873 |
I would be surprised if the first quantum computer would be smaller than a military compound. Much like when computers first started out. |
| Sukasa Posts: 2061/2068 |
Well, as I understand it, they've got a working 16-qubit, so all they need to do is replicate the circuit a lot of times, and they'll go from 16- to 1000-qubits.
So basically, this one is supposedly workable, they just need to make it bigger. |
| MathOnNapkins Posts: 1090/1106 |
I find their estimates for having quantum computers ready and scalable to use in the near future pretty surprising. Even the most opstimistic people in their field usually say about 50 years minimum until they become workable. |
| HyperHacker Posts: 4991/5072 |
Originally posted by Tanks All computers are basically calculators.  The difference is quantum computers can do calculations in (much faster) ways normal computers can't.
Originally posted by Sweet Kassy Molassy On December 31st 1999, they threw a toy car in the air. There's your flying car.  |
| Zidane Posts: 102/105 |
Originally posted by Drag While you can't take an article's word for it, they say a 16-qubit quantum computer is the equivalent of a modern day computer. They're already talking about a 1000-qubit machine by next year (say what?). So if the article is correct, next year's model will be 62.5 times more powerful than your average computer. |
| Sweet Kassy Molassy Posts: 846/886 |
Originally posted by FreeDOS + Yeah, I'm still waiting for my @$%&@ flying car. Popular Mechanics promised me one by the year 2000. |
| Tanks Posts: 554/596 |
Wait... so it's bassically a calculator? We'll just have to wait for TI to buy the technology then guess what... TI 100+ silver edition. |
| MathOnNapkins Posts: 1088/1106 |
quantum computers are not necessarily faster, it's just that if they become scalable, they will be able to crack encryption in hours and days rather than millenia and end of the worlds. Basically, you can employ some probablistic algorithms to do things normal computers can't dream of doing. One common example application is to factor an integer into its primes. IIRC, the best digital algorithm would yield N2 time, where N is the number of digits of the number. The best quantum algorithm would yield sqrt(N) time, which is better than linear. |
| FreeDOS + Posts: 1253/1312 |
Regular computers can boggle your mind. |
| HyperHacker Posts: 4975/5072 |
They abuse quantum physics in ways that boggle and blow the mind. For example, as opposed to traditional computers' bits being on or off, quantum computers' qubits (sp?) can be both on and off at the same time. 
BTW, I'm both using and not using a quantum computer right now. |
| FreeDOS + Posts: 1252/1312 |
It's supposed to be more powerful than conventional computers somehow, yes. |
| Drag Posts: 64/85 |
So... I have a question.
Why does this matter? Is a quantum computer going to be amazingly faster than a regular computer? like, will it run at 100 million trillion trillion trillion cycles per second or something? Edit: As in, I kinda don't know what a quantum computer is |
| Rom Manic Posts: 546/557 |
I am currently using a quantum computer right now, looking at a quantum monitor, eating a quantum pack of Starburst.
This computer might revolutionize society. |
| FreeDOS + Posts: 1250/1312 |
If the world followed by what the magazines said... we'd all have quantum computers, flying cars, holographic storage capable of petabytes on merely a square inch, the keyboard and mouse would be obsolete by brain implants, etc etc.
I know it sounds great and all, and honestly it would be. But until it really comes out, I always hold skeptism to it. |
| Sukasa Posts: 2059/2068 |
Posted an accompanying link. Here's another. http://dwave.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/quantum-computing-demo-announcement/
I got the story that I posted from my local Newspaper, so I can't provide a link. |
| Ailure Posts: 2562/2602 |
I feel like I missed something here now.
Then, last time I read about quantum computing was for two-three years ago. It would be interesting to see if it lives up to the hype, although I think it would take a few years before we see it marketable in the PC market.
Any links about it? :/ |
| Sukasa Posts: 2058/2068 |
A company in Burnaby, British Columbia has claimed to have produced the world's first marketable Quantum Computer.
Yes, quantum. The computer is set to be unveiled in California on th 13th this month and was developed by D-Wave systems. Geordie Rose has quoted that the computer is potentially "the most significant invention of our generation," and that the comptuer is 16-qubit. The computer is cooled by Liquid helium to -270*c, and the core is reportedly constructed of Niobium. EDIT: Found a supporting news article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/09/quantum_first_demo/ Holy crap, that's something. Thoughts/Comments? |
