Quantum computer works best switched off
11:40 AM - February 23, 2006 by
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: quantum, computer
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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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