Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 23:38:17 10/24/02
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On October 25, 2002 at 02:25:37, ERNIE COLLADO wrote: >I don't know anything about computers, so forgive me if this sounds like a >stupid question. > >How would todays leading chess programs like Fritz & Junior do on a quantum >computer? Would they be unbeatable? Thanks <Ernie> IF there were in existence a quantum computer, none of the software that runs on computers today would run on it (including Fritz and Junior). Theoretically, a big enough quantum computer could compute the entire chess tree in the time it takes today's computers to compute one branch of it. It's going to be a long time before something like that gets built, however, if it's even possible. If you want more information about quantum computers, there are lots of websites that have nice descriptions in layman's terms. Sorry, I don't know any of them offhand, but a Google search should find them easily enough.
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