Author: Ron Murawski
Date: 11:16:13 10/25/02
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On October 25, 2002 at 08:51:39, Bob Durrett wrote: >On October 25, 2002 at 02:38:17, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>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. > >Would someone care to define "quantum computer" please? My first thought was >that the "Quantum" was a brand name. > >Bob D. Take a look here: http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~westside/quantum-intro.html Especially the section: "The Potential and Power of Quantum Computing" Ron
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