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...this way, the world can be seen as simply a massive quantum computer, continuously computing itself...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BookEnds: Computing Takes Quantum Leap | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...More importantly, though, while it takes the most powerful digital computers to model even the simplest of quantum situations, a computer built specifically to take advantage of the multiple quantum states can do the calculation with ease...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BookEnds: Computing Takes Quantum Leap | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...Lloyd has been building quantum computers for years. So far, one of their most “impressive” achievements is factoring the number 15. Clearly, quantum computing has a long...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BookEnds: Computing Takes Quantum Leap | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...However, the potential power is undeniable. Quantum computers calculate in the way that the world actually works, as opposed to the artificial “0 or 1” used in classical computers...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BookEnds: Computing Takes Quantum Leap | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

...Lloyd never tells me how a quantum computer really works: how do we make it, program it, and then get information out of it? He has spent years doing just that, but he doesn’t let us in on the secret...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BookEnds: Computing Takes Quantum Leap | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

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