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Quantum Computer Possible From Silicon Fab

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. please let me be first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i pray to the gods that i will be first

  2. 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?

  3. MOD IT UP GUYS!! by narftrek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because we all know the best benchmark is porn!!

  4. Slackware on a 486 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Does anyone have a 486 or tell me where I can get one in Dallas?

    I will install Slackware on it.

  5. Re:Article, for future reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    -1, Redundant.

    Remember, this is EE Times. If we can slashdot their server I would be a little concerned.

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

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  7. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you don't put a copy of the article up because it may be /.ed if its in a place like ee times, doing it to begin with is karama whoreing if not done as an AC, this is just bullshit..

  8. 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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  9. Re:I ENJOY "GETTING PUSSY" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Usually? What happens the rest of the time?

  10. 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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