Quantum Computer

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 10:17 AM

Hi

I found this interesting clip, talking about how the silicon chip only has maybe 10-15 years left before Intel/AMD have to come up with a new type of computers. There has been some research and development of new kind of computer called the Quantum Computer, yes you guessed it, it runs on a quantum level. At the moment they can only use about 7 atoms to compute a few simple calculations, which a normal silicon chip can do anyway. But the future is that we might be able to use millions of atoms to processes information which scientist say is the way forward for the industry.

anyways here are the clips i found:

Michio Kaku on Artificial Intelligence (quantum computers is in middle of clip)

Seth Lloyd's Quantum Computer

Impotence · 06-05-2008, 02:13 PM

Quatum computing is confusing... a bit has 3 values (1, 0 or both at the same time)

donkey42 · 06-05-2008, 02:20 PM

this is very interesting to me, although, i'm not sure i remember it all correctly

BTW: a while ago (about 4 years) i read a couple of books called "In search of Schrodinger's cat" by John Gribbin (i think) & and the following book "Schrodinger's kittens" (i think) also by john gribbin & they where brilliant, they are about quantum physics & reality, if i remember correctly they referred a hypothetical cat in a box & if the cat was dead, alive or both

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now thats a thinker

Edit: thankies Impy, i could say "great minds think alike" but i prefer to say "were both as daft / stupid as each other"

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ignoring *nix of coarse

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impotence

Quatum computing is confusing... a bit has 3 values (1, 0 or both at the same time)

BTW it's called a Qubit

not like a conventional bit

donkey42 · 06-05-2008, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pimp

BTW it's called a Qubit

not like a conventional bit

wooooooooooo, mr correct, prim & proper

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we all knew what he meant

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donkey42

this is very interesting to me, although, i'm not sure i remember it all correctly

BTW: a while ago (about 4 years) i read a couple of books called "In search of Schrodinger's cat" by John Gribbin (i think) & and the following book "Schrodinger's kittens" (i think) also by john gribbin & they where brilliant, they are about quantum physics & reality, if i remember correctly they referred a hypothetical cat in a box & if the cat was dead, alive or both

Off Topic:

now thats a thinker

Edit: thankies Impy, i could say "great minds think alike" but i prefer to say "were both as daft / stupid as each other"

Off Topic:

ignoring *nix of coarse

Doneky, you are right about the cat

I think it goes something like this: If you were to have a box and inside the box you had a radioactive substance that is attached to a detector and if it detects radiation it triggers a container to open cyanide which will kill the cat instantly.

Quantum mechanics seems to suggest that after a while the cat is simultaneously alive and dead, in a quantum superposition of coexisting alive and dead states. Yet when we look in the box we expect to see the cat either alive or dead, not in a mixture of alive and dead.

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donkey42

wooooooooooo, mr correct, prim & proper

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we all knew what he meant

I was just trying to do like any other good citizen would have done lol besides i bet you would have done the same

donkey42 · 06-05-2008, 02:49 PM

i can read this wiki page too

donkey42 · 06-05-2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pimp

I was just trying to do like any other good citizen would have done lol besides i bet you would have done the same

but i didn't, cos i knew what he meant

Edit: BTW: funny, LOL

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donkey42

i can read this wiki page too

lol its the same on wiki but i actually got that info from this guy

jim al khalili

I've met him before

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 03:03 PM

You do realise (<------ this is how you spell it) this is the end of the human race because if you think about it, we have only used 7 atoms to compute a few tasks, think about how many atoms there are in a laptop lol and think how many computing power there is. I heard somewhere that if you were to count how many grains of sand there are in the whole world, the number wouldn't even be close to how many atoms there are in one glass of water

so what i'm saying is think of the potential

A lot of scientist are afraid of this because soon we will have computers stronger, faster then our own brains they would simply out compute us (lol cheesy) so robots and computers might be the next dominate race and a few of us would be put in a zoo were robots throw peanuts at us.

donkey42 · 06-05-2008, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pimp

lol its the same on wiki but i actually got that info from this guy

i think i've had his daughter, unless he's got a young wife, in which case it was his wife

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pimp

I've met him before

you don't want to, according to his wife / daughter, he's a total tw4t

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LOL

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donkey42

i think i've had his daughter, unless he's got a young wife, in which case it was his wifeyou don't want to, according to his wife / daughter, he's a total tw4t

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LOL

lol have you been drinking

Pimp · 06-05-2008, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impotence

Quatum computing is confusing... a bit has 3 values (1, 0 or both at the same time)

BTW i think i know why it has 3 values, it runs in three dimensions X,Y and Z so it kinda makes sense

donkey42 · 06-05-2008, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pimp

lol have you been drinking

no, it's like that in my head 24/7

BTW: sorry, you were seriously making a point, and i p1ssed on your bonfire, i've calmed down a bit now, but, that doesn't mean i will remain calm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pimp

think of the potential

i actually agree with you, but i couldn't resist

BTW: no wonder i've never had a GF, basically, could you put up with me ?

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anyway, i'm not that way inclined

bet your glad you don't live in my head, i sometimes wish i didn't

06-05-2008, 10:17 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
Pimp Captain of USS Defiant Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 22 Male Posts: 882 Times Helpful: 28 My Mood: Dangerous Status: Offline My Computer	Quantum Computer Hi I found this interesting clip, talking about how the silicon chip only has maybe 10-15 years left before Intel/AMD have to come up with a new type of computers. There has been some research and development of new kind of computer called the Quantum Computer, yes you guessed it, it runs on a quantum level. At the moment they can only use about 7 atoms to compute a few simple calculations, which a normal silicon chip can do anyway. But the future is that we might be able to use millions of atoms to processes information which scientist say is the way forward for the industry. anyways here are the clips i found: Michio Kaku on Artificial Intelligence (quantum computers is in middle of clip) Seth Lloyd's Quantum Computer __________________ "Space has no boundary, that is empirically more certain than any external observation. However, that does not imply that space is infinite" - Bernhard Riemann

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donkey42 Paranoid Geeky Geek Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Male Posts: 5,826 Times Helpful: 309 My Mood: Paranoid Status: Offline My Computer	this is very interesting to me, although, i'm not sure i remember it all correctly BTW: a while ago (about 4 years) i read a couple of books called "In search of Schrodinger's cat" by John Gribbin (i think) & and the following book "Schrodinger's kittens" (i think) also by john gribbin & they where brilliant, they are about quantum physics & reality, if i remember correctly they referred a hypothetical cat in a box & if the cat was dead, alive or both Off Topic: now thats a thinker Edit: thankies Impy, i could say "great minds think alike" but i prefer to say "were both as daft / stupid as each other" Off Topic: ignoring nix of coarse __________________ GRUB manual \| Google Linux \| Distrowatch \| Linux Chix \| Kubuntu \| My Mini City Last edited by donkey42; 06-05-2008 at 02:36 PM. Reason: edit*

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Pimp Captain of USS Defiant Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 22 Male Posts: 882 Times Helpful: 28 My Mood: Dangerous Status: Offline My Computer	You do realise (<------ this is how you spell it) this is the end of the human race because if you think about it, we have only used 7 atoms to compute a few tasks, think about how many atoms there are in a laptop lol and think how many computing power there is. I heard somewhere that if you were to count how many grains of sand there are in the whole world, the number wouldn't even be close to how many atoms there are in one glass of water so what i'm saying is think of the potential A lot of scientist are afraid of this because soon we will have computers stronger, faster then our own brains they would simply out compute us (lol cheesy) so robots and computers might be the next dominate race and a few of us would be put in a zoo were robots throw peanuts at us. __________________ "Space has no boundary, that is empirically more certain than any external observation. However, that does not imply that space is infinite" - Bernhard Riemann

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