First Electronic Quantum Processor Created 205
ScienceDaily is reporting that the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor has been created by a team led by Yale University researchers. "Working with a group of theoretical physicists led by Steven Girvin, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics & Applied Physics, the team manufactured two artificial atoms, or qubits ('quantum bits'). While each qubit is actually made up of a billion aluminum atoms, it acts like a single atom that can occupy two different energy states. These states are akin to the '1' and '0' or 'on' and 'off' states of regular bits employed by conventional computers. Because of the counterintuitive laws of quantum mechanics, however, scientists can effectively place qubits in a 'superposition' of multiple states at the same time, allowing for greater information storage and processing power."
Most Excellent (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Love (Score:4, Funny)
Honey, I got you these two solid-state qubits that hold their quantum states for a microsecond and can be used to perform rudimentary algorithms.
Re:Problem Solved (Score:4, Funny)
So in theory, one of the greatest scientific inquiries can now be solved by a quantum computer.
Which came first? The chicken or the egg.
The answer, of course, is 'Yes'.
Re:Yay! (Score:3, Funny)
Soon a PC with a Quantum Processor, Holographic Memory and optical storage.
Running Duke Nukem Forever on a three dimensional console inside your flying car as it pilots itself to your workplace ...
Re:Problem Solved (Score:3, Funny)
Does it run Linux? (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously, I wonder if this comes to pass and we continue on the binary process forever. (IIRC, some mainframes back in the '40s and '50s used decimal processing, which was too slow then, so all switched eventually to binary.)
Re:Problem Solved (Score:2, Funny)
The answer, of course, is 'Yes'.
And "No".
The first chicken was named Schrodinger.
Re:What's up with pseudonyms? (Score:4, Funny)
Why can't people use a real name in Slashdot or Reddit?
I'm sorry you feel that way, Mr. Sybert42.
Quick! (Score:2, Funny)
Feed 42 to it and let us know how it goes!
Still Problem Solved (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Problem Solved (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Problem Solved (Score:5, Funny)
Neither: It was the Rooster who came first (it happens to every guy once in a while).
Re:Article is incorrect. (Score:5, Funny)
Riiiiight. What's a qubit?
Re:Simulating? (Score:5, Funny)
640K qubits ought to be enough for anybody
But remember... (Score:5, Funny)
This idea was invented by Shampoo.
Re:Simulating? (Score:3, Funny)
It's like cutting off Sampson's hair... (Score:3, Funny)
Riiiiight. What's a qubit?
If I tell you, I'll lose my superposition high and collapse.
Re:Does it run Linux? (Score:4, Funny)
It was too complex.
..baddum tish!
Re:Direct PDF Link to Original Paper (Score:4, Funny)
The shame of the big city, everyday people losing access to nature unless they happen to be in school or have a job where they can afford to drive to Atlantic City and see it first-hand.
Re:Most Excellent (Score:3, Funny)
The "Most Excellent" post title kind of gives it away. But I'll take the bet if you're still offering.
Re:Lab Site & Papers (Score:3, Funny)
Grover's algorithm
on a quantum computer, Grover can go over, under, around, and through all at the same time?