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	Quantum Computers

schrodinger-cat

4-17-2007 8:04 PM

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Will we ever have the amount of computing power we need or want? If, as <B>Moore's Law</B> states, the number of transistors on a <A href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/microprocessor.htm">microprocessor</A> continues to double every 18 months, the year 2020 or 2030 will find the circuits on a microprocessor measured on an atomic scale. And the logical next step will be to create <B>quantum computers</B>, which will harness the power of atoms and molecules to perform <A href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-memory.htm">memory</A> and processing tasks. Quantum computers have the potential to perform certain calculations significantly faster than any silicon-based computer.
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