Re: Quantum computing feasible if errors can be corrected

Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Sun, 18 Jan 1998 11:44:29 +0000


At 01:08 PM 1/17/98 -0800, Max More wrote:

>If you're interested in quantum computers, see the story:
>
>http://www.techserver.com/newsroom/ntn/info/011798/info6_20484.html

I got the impression from this story that the journalist is confusing the
use of quantum superposition for calculation using insanely large numbers
of simultaneous parallel crunches (on the order of 10^500), and far more
conventional possibilities for storing and manipulating data at the atomic
level.

Damien Broderick