New Quantum Chip

[Zetanio]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8c0a68b0-c...44feab49a.html

Skynet incoming

[quannum]

i may or may not probably already have a quantum chip

[zoobernut]

I just had plantain chips, this is similar right?

ooh nice one Quannum.

[JigglyJam]

I came.

Sounds great, advances in technology are always good news.

[Blarg]

can someone copy and paste the link because it says I need to be a member to see it

[Tekki]

can someone copy and paste the link because it says I need to be a member to see it

^

[Eliseos]

can someone copy and paste the link because it says I need to be a member to see it

Computers set for quantum leap

By Clive Cookson in Birmingham
Published: September 16 2010 19:18 | Last updated: September 16 2010 19:18

A new photonic chip that works on light rather than electricity has been built by an international research team, paving the way for the production of ultra-fast quantum computers with capabilities far beyond today’s devices.


Future quantum computers will, for example, be able to pull important information out of the biggest databases almost instantaneously. As the amount of electronic data stored worldwide grows exponentially, the technology will make it easier for people to search with precision for what they want.

is all it says for me.

EDIT: Apparently noscript blocks whatever checks to see if you're logged in lol. Couldn't see the article in chrome, could see it with firefox.

[Zetanio]

Computers set for quantum leap

By Clive Cookson in Birmingham

Published: September 16 2010 19:18 | Last updated: September 16 2010 19:18

A new photonic chip that works on light rather than electricity has been built by an international research team, paving the way for the production of ultra-fast quantum computers with capabilities far beyond today’s devices.

Future quantum computers will, for example, be able to pull important information out of the biggest databases almost instantaneously. As the amount of electronic data stored worldwide grows exponentially, the technology will make it easier for people to search with precision for what they want.

An early application will be to investigate and design complex molecules, such as new drugs and other materials, that cannot be simulated with ordinary computers. More general consumer applications should follow.

Jeremy O’Brien, director of the UK’s Centre for Quantum Photonics, who led the project, said many people in the field had believed a functional quantum computer would not be a reality for at least 25 years.

“However, we can say with real confidence that, using our new technique, a quantum computer could, within five years, be performing calculations that are outside the capabilities of conventional computers,” he told the British Science Festival, as he presented the research.

The breakthrough, published today in the journal Science, means data can be processed according to the counterintuitive rules of quantum physics that allow individual subatomic particles to be in several places at the same time.

This property will enable quantum computers to process information in quantities and at speeds far beyond conventional supercomputers. But formidable technical barriers must be ­overcome before quantum ­computing becomes practical.

The team, from Bristol university in the UK, Tohuku university in Japan, Weizmann Institute in Israel and Twente university in the Netherlands, say they have overcome an important barrier, by making a quantum chip that can work at ordinary temperatures and pressures, rather than the extreme conditions required by other approaches.

The immense promise of quantum computing has led governments and companies worldwide to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the field.

Big spenders, including the US defence and intelligence agencies concerned with the national security issues, and governments – such as Canada, Australia and Singapore – see quantum electronics as the foundation for IT industries in the mid-21st century.

Sorry forgot I was logged in to premium

[Atreides]

I can't wait til we get Chronometric Computers that can travel back in time to find our search results before we even ask for them

[Max™]

What about paradoxical processing, where the system runs through closed timelike curves calculating the desired problem, checking back at each loop to see if it sent the solution back in time to itself, when it receives the solution it stops running the CTC processor, and undoes all of the loops where the calculation was done.

[Sylvrdragon]

When your cat jumps onto the keyboard of your Quantum Computer, your raid will wipe, and not wipe.

[Max™]

Well, at least until you observe an outcome.

[Zetanio]

I think my head just exploded.

[Kaelan?]

Inc. program that at any time is executing in N threads, where the value of N changes based on how many programmers are currently debugging it.

[Kerberoz]

I can't wait til we get Chronometric Computers that can travel back in time to find our search results before we even ask for them

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[Kaisha]

So how many years we looking before that's viable for consumer consumption?

I also recalled reading a few months ago about another discover in that department, but I forget wtf it was called. Involved a new way to create capacitors that were miles faster.

[Blubbartron]

Memristors, and they weren't "faster," per se. They simply could hold and operate on data simultaneously. They also allowed for 3-dimensional building of processors.

[Zetanio]

So how many years we looking before that's viable for consumer consumption?

I also recalled reading a few months ago about another discover in that department, but I forget wtf it was called. Involved a new way to create capacitors that were miles faster.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0119103557.htm

Skynet piece #2

In the article I posted first, they said they expected working applications of the chips within 5 years so I'd assume 3-5 years after for commercial designs to be implemented.

The article I posted just above is pretty interesting with regard to how researchers hope to storage data from said quantum chips.

[Zalius]

What about paradoxical processing, where the system runs through closed timelike curves calculating the desired problem, checking back at each loop to see if it sent the solution back in time to itself, when it receives the solution it stops running the CTC processor, and undoes all of the loops where the calculation was done.

do you really think that if anyone here knew the answer to that, they would be here, reading this thread, to answer you? theyre busy making next gen consoles and iphone 6's and doomsday