1 Molecule Computes Thousands of Times Faster Than a PC 246
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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."
Need more computing power? (Score:5, Funny)
Add more table salt.
Let me be the first to say it (Score:5, Funny)
sorry (Score:0, Funny)
premature nerdgasm (Score:1, Funny)
The need for speed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This could be the breakthrough... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Computronium. (Score:1, Funny)
It's so bright, it's almost nuclear...
Re:This could be the breakthrough... (Score:3, Funny)
Probably.
Re:To understand the implications of Quantum Compu (Score:2, Funny)
Unless your Microsoft(tm) white noise generator generates the key 00000000.......
Re:Finally! (Score:4, Funny)
It would be like a whole fraction of a millimeter across! Careful! You'll step on the datacenter!
Re:This could be the breakthrough... (Score:5, Funny)
So we can make improbability machines and then in 10 years an infinite improbability drive?
Magic 8 Ball sez: UNCERTAIN
Re:Computronium. (Score:1, Funny)
s/va/man/