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Related: About this forumPhysicists Foretell Quantum Computer With Single-Atom Transistor
Physicists Foretell Quantum Computer With Single-Atom TransistorPhysicists at Purdue University and the University of New South Wales have built a transistor from a single atom of phosphorous precisely placed on a bed of silicon, taking another step towards the holy grail of tech research: the quantum computer.
Revealed on Sunday in the academic journal Nature Nanotechnology, the research is part of a decade-long effort at the University of New South Wales to deliver a quantum computer a machine that would use the seemingly magical properties of very small particles to instantly perform calculations beyond the scope of todays classical computers.
Just last month, the New South Wales team lead by professor Michelle Simmons advanced the cause by demonstrating that Ohms Law of electrical resistivity extends to the world of very small particles, and now, together with Gerhard Klimeck and his team at Purdue, theyve made a more significant breakthrough by placing a single-atom transistor exactly where they want to place it.
Revealed on Sunday in the academic journal Nature Nanotechnology, the research is part of a decade-long effort at the University of New South Wales to deliver a quantum computer a machine that would use the seemingly magical properties of very small particles to instantly perform calculations beyond the scope of todays classical computers.
Just last month, the New South Wales team lead by professor Michelle Simmons advanced the cause by demonstrating that Ohms Law of electrical resistivity extends to the world of very small particles, and now, together with Gerhard Klimeck and his team at Purdue, theyve made a more significant breakthrough by placing a single-atom transistor exactly where they want to place it.
read more: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/02/sa-transistor/
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Physicists Foretell Quantum Computer With Single-Atom Transistor (Original Post)
Soylent Brice
Feb 2012
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rfranklin
(13,200 posts)1. but will it feed the hungry?
I suspect not.
The technology will be used to enslave us further.
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)2. "The technology will be used to enslave us further."
Soylent Brice
(8,308 posts)3. lol!!
All your quantum computing are belong to us...