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IBM Builds A Limited Quantum Computer

Posted by chrisd on from the soon-your-pgp-key-will-be-useless dept.

phr1 writes "IBM has announced and Yahoo has noted that the first working implementation of Shor's factoring algorithm. Using NMR techniques they built a seven-qubit quantum computer and factored the number 15 into the factors 3 and 5. This is by far the most complicated quantum computation ever done. It's quite an amazing feat--many people thought quantum computing was just a theoretical curiosity and Shor's algorithm could never be implemented in practice."

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  1. Re:anyone got a patch... by reverius · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nobody makes fun of perl God Randal Shwartz, and gets away with it!

    Your bits are mine.

  2. Re:Fine. by mlk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Perl is practical language for extracting and reporting bah, use AWK you wuss!

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    Wow, I should not post when knackered.
  3. Yes, but can it run Windows...? by wls · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How long before the first Linux port?