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Subject: Re: Interesting News about Computers from CNN - More Info Inside Here . . .

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 20:50:59 06/17/00

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On June 17, 2000 at 22:19:11, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>
>On June 17, 2000 at 20:40:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On June 17, 2000 at 17:31:12, Eran wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Please click
>>>http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/16/new.chips.idg/index.html and read
>>>very interesting news about new Williamette chips and molecular and quantum
>>>computers that may happen in the future!!
>>>
>>>I believe molecular and quantum computers will be too tough even for top
>>>grandmasters on earth. Perhaps molecular and quantum computers's strength will
>>>be above 3000 Elo rating!
>>>
>>>What do you think?
>>>
>>>Eran
>>
>>In a few hundred years we will know.
>>
>>:)
>
>But first i want to see a CLEAR picture of what a quantum is.
>Not a theoretical discussion and a long theoretical insight that it's
>likely that quantums exists, but a picture, because how to
>make a computer out of particles you don't know how they look
>like?

I think quantum computers use electrons just like in ordinary computers. They
just use them in a different way. Nobody really knows what an electron looks
like, but that does not keep us from building ordinary computers.



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