Quantum Mac Q1?

[floyde]

Just like grapes911 predicted , we now have quantum processors:

A computer chip based on the esoteric science of quantum mechanics has been created by researchers at the University of Michigan. The chip might well pave the way for a new generation of supercomputers.

linkelton

We're going to need larger prime numbers...

 

[risc]

Now we know what is coming on April 1 the 30th Anniversary Mac Quantum!

 

[altair]

apple will probably exagerate the speed gains, and put a bad video card in there, can we expect it in a power...err macbook pro any time soon?

should i wait for the qbook pro? or get an ibook?

 

[bartelby]

apple will probably exagerate the speed gains, and put a bad video card in there, can we expect it in a power...err macbook pro any time soon?

should i wait for the qbook pro? or get an ibook?

hehehehe.

I thought I had something constructive to say but I'm too drunk

 

[Studawg7]

quantum mac next tuesday!

but in all seriousness, this type of computing would be a huge advance and one that will impact cryptography immensely.

 

[Counterfit]

apple will probably exagerate the speed gains, and put a bad video card in there, can we expect it in a power...err macbook pro any time soon?

should i wait for the qbook pro? or get an ibook?

Er, how is the X1600 a bad card?

 

[After G]

This quantum processor is just an ion trap holding one atom.
They were going to scale it up to 10, but what would one do with 10 ion traps?

I think it would be better to make randomness/encryption generators out of these things, but that's just me.

 

[grapes911]

Just like grapes911 predicted , we now have quantum processors:

I wish I could take credit for the prediction, but I read it somewhere. And by the way, we actually had computers running off of quantum principles for a few years now. While having a chip is a significant jump, it doesn't mean these things will be in our home for a while. You won't even see them in universities for a while unless the universities are studying the computers themselves and quantum theory.

 

[oingoboingo]

Er, how is the X1600 a bad card?

I don't think altair was suggesting that the X1600 was bad, but even the most fanatical Jobs worshipper would have to admit that Apple has saddled us with some pretty damned ordinary video cards in the past. I think that was the point...here comes a quantum computer 100 times faster than anything else on the planet...and it comes with a 32MB Radeon 9200.

It's a joke! Laugh!!!