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Article #2065Re: CPUs at 30 Ghz in the year 2005
From: The Meddler
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 17:49
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 17:49
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In article <nui8gtg5pldctivjf57b35f73r5jme0tbl@4ax.com>, Bill <poo@somewhere.net> wrote: > >>I read some articles on new expiremental technology, that in "theory", will >>allow us to solve problems that would take our current technology billions >>of years to be solved in minutes. It has something to do with electrons and >>the way they rotate. > >That sounds like Quantum computers. They take advantage of the >"spooky action at a distance" (Einstein's term) to transmit >information immediately on a quantum level through (seemingly) no >medium, not relying on that pesky light speed barrier :P I dont think thats quite right. AFAIK you cannot use quantum entangled pairs to transmit information. However the quantum effect that could be taken advantage of is where an atom's spin exists in both directions simultaneously until the point of measurement. This means that a single bit in a quantum computer is both 0 and 1 until the point that you read it[1]. Quantum computers will be able to perform billions of calculations simultaneously in a single transaction. You can imagine how this could be used for chess programs. Yeah, I cant get my head round it either, its too weird. Of course there is a chap who claims that he has proof that all this quantum nonsense *is* just nonsense. [1] I think this is connected to Heisenbergs uncertainty principal and Schrodingers cat.
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