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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. Flame war by anpe · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does it runs GNOME or KDE ?

  2. Re:anyone got a patch... by MisterBlister · · Score: 0, Troll

    Shouldn't you be off somewhere commiting felony crimes, you dirty bastard?

  3. How long? by billyjoeray · · Score: 1, Troll

    Ok place your bets, how long until NetBSD is running on this thing?

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  4. Re:Fine. by Dwonis · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perl is practical language for extracting and reporting. For anything else, it tends to suck. (But it also tends to be easy for beginners, so people cling to it like they cling to VB, instead of learning how to program.)

  5. Here is some moer info by CowNutsMack · · Score: 0, Troll

    I found this interesting article on it has a different point of view.

  6. Re:Old news by jjomd · · Score: 0, Troll

    But obviously the wisdom of God is greater than the wisdom of man