Quantum computer works best switched off

11:40 AM - February 23, 2006 by From the Web
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: quantum, computer

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Even for the crazy world of quantum mechanics, this one is twisted. A quantum computer program has produced an answer without actually running.

The idea behind the feat, first proposed in 1998, is to put a quantum computer into a "superposition", a state in which it is both running and not running. It is as if you asked Schrödinger's cat to hit "Run".

Read the complete story here. (New Scientist)


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