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Post by Hero on Aug 12, 2017 1:46:03 GMT
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 12, 2017 12:11:31 GMT
That is an astonishing development.
To put it into perspective, a 300 Q-bit quantum computer would have the processing power of all of the world's computers combined. It is still very much in its infancy. Scientists and physicists are talking about an eventual goal of quantum computers in the hundreds of thousands of Q-bits.
Quantum computers simply work differently. They compute probabilities. Estimates. It requires the average of multiple computations to arrive at a reliable answer. Quantum computers can easily do this almost instantly.
Quantum computers are quirky. It isn't just processing power. A quantum computer with significantly less processing power than a supercomputer can easily perform certain tasks that would take a supercomputer an eternity to perform. One useful application of much smaller quantum computers, that has been in commercial use for encryption for many years, is the ability to determine the factors in the product of two very large prime numbers, of 500 digits.
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Post by Hero on Aug 12, 2017 22:03:51 GMT
That is an astonishing development. Astonishing is the word. We are talking about solving "unsolvable problems". |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 12, 2017 23:04:58 GMT
For sure.
I can't begin to imagine the utility of quantum computers in the 100 Q-bit range, much less in the 100,000 Q-bit range.
In my imagination, I foresee 100 Q-bit quantum computers solving the problems associated with developing unlimited economically feasible energy from nuclear fusion reactors.
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