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Quantum Computing Using Traditional Transistors

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the reusing-old-hardware dept.

Ocean Consulting writes "UCLA is reporting progress on the quantum computing front by announcing success in controlling the spin of a single electron using an ordinary transistor." It's been a long road for the researchers involved, and even the project lead, Hong Wen Jiang admits, "...our initial theoretical calculations were very favorable, and gave us confidence to persevere."

4 of 323 comments (clear)

  1. That's weird by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The article said something totally different brfore I clicked it.

  2. Hrmm... by Arcanix · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought about reading the article but will it change if I look at it?

  3. I had a Quantum hard drive before by gphinch · · Score: 5, Funny

    "With 100 transistors, each containing one of these electrons, you could have the implicit information storage that corresponds to all of the hard disks made in the world this year, multiplied by the number of years the universe has been around," Yablonovitch said. "And why stop with 100 transistors?"

    I hope this drive lasts longer than the Quantumm Fireball I had.

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    in bed.
  4. I can see it now.... by teutonic_leech · · Score: 3, Funny

    Welcome to Windows Quantum 2006! We crash several ways at the same time!