Quantum computers: the world's fastest thinking machine fits on the head...

Popular Mechanics;  December 1, 2002 ;   Wilson, Jim;   787 words ......Almost everything about quantum computers seems too strange to be...Y., to begin working on quantum computers when slide rules still ruled...quest, let his plans for quantum computers collect dust for nearly...

A bit of a quantum leap.(Brief Article)

Machine Design;  May 18, 2000 ;   Kren, Lawrence;   283 words ...Quantum computers, many times faster than today...silicon-based counterparts, such quantum computers use nuclear magnetic resonance...ordinary transistors. Although quantum computers are still only a laboratory curiosity...

'Milestone' reported in quantum computing.

United Press International;  December 19, 2001 ;     787 words ......calculation yet. Though practical quantum computers -- which will potentially pack millions...milestone on a long path to practical quantum computers, Peter Shor of AT&T Laboratories...principle, with the construction of quantum computers. This was unclear only a few years...

Quantum leap computers

Electromagnetic News Report;  July 1, 2000 ;   Anonymous;   280 words ...Quantum computers, many times faster than today...their silicon-based counterparts, quantum computers use nuclear magnetic resonance...ordinary transistors. Although quantum computers are still a laboratory curiosity...

Sight unseen: quantum errors found, fixed.(quantum computers)(Brief...

Science News;  September 12, 1998 ;   Weiss, Peter;   501 words ......it improves the outlook for useful quantum computers. Theorists predict that quantum computers can outperform conventional computers...calculations (SN: 6/14/97, p. 367). Quantum computers derive their unique power, but also...

Electron lines may form quantum computers. (Electronics in the...

Machine Design;  September 5, 2002 ;   Kren, Lawrence;   151 words ......them up, an advance that could bring quantum computers out of the lab. The device uses layers...several states at once. This frees quantum computers to calculate all possible solutions...one-by-one. Potential applications for quantum computers include tackling highly sophisticated...

US researcher puts forward easier model to build quantum computers

Xinhua News Agency;  March 4, 2005 ;     333 words ......puts forward easier model to build quantum computers LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Xinhua)-- A...represent values of 1 or 0, while quantum computers will use atoms, for example, as quantum...issue for the reliability of future quantum computers is the fragility of quantum states...

MIT moves closer to futuristic computer.

United Press International;  August 13, 1999 ;     769 words ......machines. Such future computers, called quantum computers, will have components smaller than...lost information in huge databases. Quantum computers have remained largely a dream for...tells it to do something else. Quantum computers add another level of instruction...

MIT moves closer to futuristic computer.(Updated).

United Press International;  August 13, 1999 ;     769 words ......machines. Such future computers, called quantum computers, will have components smaller than...lost information in huge databases. Quantum computers have remained largely a dream for...tells it to do something else. Quantum computers add another level of instruction...

Researchers continues to make the basic building blocks of Quantum...

M2 Presswire;  December 17, 2003 ;     472 words ......make the basic building blocks of Quantum Computers.(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...the technologies aimed at making quantum computers, organizes key issues and puts them...explains how the technologies work. Quantum computers, which use attributes of particles...

Quantum computers come a step closer to reality

The Hindustan Times;  July 7, 2006 ;     327 words ......can be easily mass-produced to make quantum computers large enough for practical purposes...successfully demonstrated individually. Quantum computers could exploit the unusual behaviour...working on quantum bits or qubits in quantum computers. Their latest research was concentrated...

Ion trap might be a quantum key.(The Dallas Morning News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 8, 2002 ;   Nolen, Brad;   787 words ......potential-packed gizmos are called quantum computers. So far they aren't calculating much...processors that can already be made. Quantum computers exploit the mind-boggling principles...electrical charges and microchips, quantum computers use individual atoms or subatomic...

Ion trap might be a quantum key.

The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 29, 2002 ;     787 words ......potential-packed gizmos are called quantum computers. So far they aren't calculating much...processors that can already be made. Quantum computers exploit the mind-boggling principles...electrical charges and microchips, quantum computers use individual atoms or subatomic...

Switch brings desktop Quantum computers closer

Electromagnetic News Report;  March 1, 2003 ;   Anonymous;   128 words ...USA Today reports that electronic switches may bring us closer to desktop quantum computers. Quantum computers, envisioned as the next generation of fast and powerful computers, will rely on "qubits" to hold many...

Sturdy quantum computing demoed.

TRN Newswire;  March 28, 2004 ;     787 words ......subatomic particles that prototype quantum computers use to represent the 1s and 0s of...to efforts aimed at making viable quantum computers, said Jason Ollerenshaw, a researcher...noise will be essential in building quantum computers on a practical scale, he said. Quantum...