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1 Molecule Computes Thousands of Times Faster Than a PC

Posted by timothy on from the but-only-for-certain-tasks dept.

alexhiggins732 writes with this tantalizing PopSci snippet: "A demo of a quantum calculation carried out by Japanese researchers has yielded some pretty mind-blowing results: a single molecule can perform a complex calculation thousands of times faster than a conventional computer. A proof-of-principle test run of a discrete Fourier transform — a common calculation using spectral analysis and data compression, among other things — performed with a single iodine molecule transpired very well, putting all the molecules in your PC to shame."

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  1. Re:Need more computing power? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This.

    Fucktard. Go fucking this yourself. Thising mother fucker.

    Oh, and you can say that about any new computing power, yet computers have other uses too (like more powerful encryption), and actually get used for them. Are you not aware of this? I would think not, because you're so focused on being THE most fucking retarded self-referencing piece of shit ever. This.

    This.

    Fucking this.

    Fuck, if there was ever one good reason why object oriented programming sucks, it is that it promotes using "this" for all pretentious twits.