The first Quantum Computer

[TriplexDread]

Scary how things are are progressing!!


"This new device is different, because it's easily reprogrammable, and it's already been shown to solve three algorithms in a single step - something that would require several operations for a normal computer to calculate."

http://www.sciencealert.com/researc...e-quantum-computer?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

 

[muckshifter]

ha, my PC has 3 'states' also ... 0, 1, and drunk.

when can we buy one?

 

[nivrip]

Only five atoms in size.

Trouble is, it would get lost down the back of the sofa.

 

[Becky]

Fascinating stuff. I find quantum physics intriguing, but trying to wrap my brain around it takes some effort. I quite like Laurence Krauss's explanation of how a quantum computer works:

Sounds like there will be some exciting developments in the near future

 

[nivrip]

. I find quantum physics intriguing, but trying to wrap my brain around it takes some effort.

Me too.

Richard Feynman famously said, "No-one understands quantum physics." And that from a Nobel Prize winner who studied Quantum Electrodynamics.