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Quantum Computer Possible From Silicon Fab

Posted by timothy on from the quintiddlydidillion dept.

Cash Mitchell writes: "This article from the EE Times says 'Researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison claim to have created the world's first successful simulation of a quantum-computer architecture that uses existing silicon fabrication techniques.... With existing fabrication techniques, the team estimates that a million-quantum-dot computer (1,024 x 1,024 array) could be built today and operated in the megahertz range.'"

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  1. Just to get it out of the way... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    So Duke Nuken Forever should be just around the corner!

    Faster pr0n!

    More importantly than the advancement of mankind, how will DRM be implemented? Must protect the treasure that is a copyright.

    Did I mention the thing about speed and pr0n?

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Mod parent up by Misanthropic+Lycanth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hate it when a good joke gets modded "Off-topic" because one person doesn't get it.

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  4. Sigh by anethema · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I submitted this story the day after it came out, but I have got a running list of over 20 rejected submissions, at least 15 of them later became /. stories.

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