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MIT And HP Announce Joint Quantum Computer Project

Posted by timothy on from the closer-ever-closer dept.

MetaCow writes: "CNN is running this article which describes a joint effort between MIT and HP to build a quantum computer. Nothing expected any time soon, though: 'Quantum computing research is farsighted, and it may take 10 years to develop a fully operational quantum computer ...'"

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  1. They may or may not succeed. by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone will have to observe them to get a definitive answer.

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  2. This is progress? by Glock27 · · Score: 2, Funny
    It seems that a quantum computer could calculate every possible double answer simultaneously, given a 64 qubit processor. The only problem is that, if the answer is read out, its guaranteed to be wrong! ;-)


    This is something of a drop from conventional computer performance, in which the answer is merely often wrong.


    Somehow I think this article 'dumbed things down' a bit too much...


    186,282 mi/s...not just a good idea, its the law!

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    1. Re:This is progress? by UberLame · · Score: 2, Funny

      Err, I thought it was only wrong if you tried to read the answer before the computation was done.

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  3. Scheduling challenges by isomeme · · Score: 3, Funny

    The project, announced last week, is part of a $25 million, five-year alliance launched in June 2000.

    Of course, we won't know if the project worked or not until someone looks inside the lab in 2005.
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  4. Re:only $25 million in funds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    years 0-7: pizza, beer, sleep till 3pm every day.
    year 8: go see what CMU has done with Quantum computing
    year 9: reimplement & call press conferences to upstage CMU, cuz we're MIT dammit