DavidV Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 By David from Truth, Justice, and the American Way,cross-posted by MetaBlog D-Wave just demonstrated the first commercial quantum computer. I think it’s too early to say whether the current quantum computing technology is practical, but a promising commercial effort is a good sign. Quantum computers could represent the sixth generation (electromechanical, relay, vacuum tube, transistor, integrated circuit) of digital computing. They are unlikely to ever replace integrated circuits, but will function as specialized processors for certain (NP-complete) types of problems common in simulating real life and encryption. (Incidentally, quantum computing may one day break all current methods of encryption, but also to introduce theoretically-unbreakable encryption - which has the Feds sniffing.) Originally uploaded by jurvetson. http://ObjectivismOnline.com/blog/archives/002277.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew1776 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 D-Wave just demonstrated the first commercial quantum computer. Or... maybe not http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/15/q...r.ap/index.html (Ephasis mine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrocktor Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 From the CNN article: "qubits can exist in states 0 and 1 at the same time and promises to allow the machine to tap into a vast pool of computational power." Fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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