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IBM claims huge strides in quantum computing
CNET ^ | February 27, 2012 9:00 PM PS | Daniel Terdiman

Posted on 03/08/2012 7:01:25 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

With its latest research, Big Blue says it's reached device performance close to the minimum requirements for implementing a "practical quantum computer." But many hurdles remain.

Seen here is a silicon chip housing three superconducting quantum bits, or qubits. IBM believes qubits are the key to its quantum computing efforts. (Credit: IBM Research)

Scientists at IBM say they have made a quantum computing breakthrough that demonstrates that a full-scale quantum computer is not only possible but is within reasonable reach.

In an announcement being made today at the American Physical Society in Boston, Matthias Steffen, manager of IBM's experimental quantum computing group, will unveil the research that has led his team to conclude they are the brink of developing scalable technology that could far outstrip what even the strongest supercomputers can do today.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: hitech; johnhorgan; scientificamerican; stringtheory
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To: mylife
CA these kids understand pentode tubes?

Now you're talking my language.
Filaments, cathode, control grid, screen grid, suppressor grid, plate, B+, etc, etc.

41 posted on 03/08/2012 9:36:38 PM PST by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
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To: All

I have seen great engineers do shit on paper and hands on.
Ive seen lousy engineers get complacent with software driven engineering programs.
One of the things I have noticed with that with automated programs, hardware guys get complacent.

Its the same in the commercial world, people get mesmerized with flash and stop thinking about the goal

I know a bunch of smart SOBS that play call of duty on the x box 360 who never served and wouldn’t know one end of a gun from another.


42 posted on 03/08/2012 9:45:06 PM PST by mylife
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To: The Cajun

How are they to understand Quantum computers if they dont understand the basics?

Seriously.


43 posted on 03/08/2012 9:47:18 PM PST by mylife
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Sorry to be cynical, but I’ll venture to guess this will immediately be outsourced to the PRC and we’ll go further into debt.


44 posted on 03/08/2012 9:50:16 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network ("The door is open" PALIN 2012)
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To: mylife
Every now and then I think back where we were when I was in electronic tech school in 1967 and where we are now.
Really blows my mind, the young ones have no idea.
45 posted on 03/08/2012 9:56:30 PM PST by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Newt......Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun

That’s my point Cajun,they have no clue.

We are floating them on hardware.


46 posted on 03/08/2012 9:59:29 PM PST by mylife
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To: UCANSEE2

I remember it well. ... where’s my mitten ?


47 posted on 03/08/2012 10:52:42 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: Clock King
Now I’m curious and will have to do more research.

Start by watching the Wizard of Oz six times. Then read The End of Science by John Horgan (1996).

Trust me on this one.

48 posted on 03/08/2012 11:09:05 PM PST by dr_lew
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Nice work! The Asian manufacturers will make a fortune!

Thanks Ernest.

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49 posted on 03/09/2012 4:36:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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To: battlecry
*** Riiiiight. What’s a qubit? ***

LOL. You're showing your age.

an aside: I have all of his albums, pure comic genius. Today's yutes would be amazed how we entertained ourselves back then. 'You sat around and listened to what? How is that any fun???'

50 posted on 03/09/2012 4:49:40 AM PST by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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To: mylife

No, we don’t cover vacuum tubes, except to mention that the early computers used ‘em. We do (briefly) cover how transistors work and also how to build interesting stuff with digital logic.


51 posted on 03/09/2012 5:16:13 AM PST by rbg81 (Only taxpayers should be allowed to vote)
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To: mylife

I posted this so I could learn something about....still don’t know much.


52 posted on 03/09/2012 12:19:57 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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