http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/19/a-step-towards-quantum-computing-entangling-10-billion-particles/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/19/a-step-towards-quantum-computing-entangling-10-billion-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-599756 Wesley Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:13:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25099#comment-599756 It would mean computing power the likes of which the world has never seen... It would mean computing power the likes of which the world has never seen…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/19/a-step-towards-quantum-computing-entangling-10-billion-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-598373 rabidmob Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:46:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25099#comment-598373 This sounds great, but I thought the major hurdle was the Uncertainty Principle? This sounds great, but I thought the major hurdle was the Uncertainty Principle?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/19/a-step-towards-quantum-computing-entangling-10-billion-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-597584 lloyd Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:56:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25099#comment-597584 Is it time to cancel credit cards? Is it time to cancel credit cards?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/01/19/a-step-towards-quantum-computing-entangling-10-billion-particles/comment-page-1/#comment-596954 nick Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:16:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25099#comment-596954 It's been theorized that a quantum computer with 100 qubits would outperform all existing classical computer combined (maybe even all of the classical computer ever built, combined, I don't remember exactly). Even if that theory is conservative by a factor of 10 or 100.... It’s been theorized that a quantum computer with 100 qubits would outperform all existing classical computer combined (maybe even all of the classical computer ever built, combined, I don’t remember exactly). Even if that theory is conservative by a factor of 10 or 100….

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