Breakthrough in Quantum Computing

[mubs]

Infoworld.

As an example Tsai estimated that using the Shor Algorithm to factor a 256-bit binary number, a task that would take 10 million years using something like IBM Corp.'s Blue Gene supercomputer, could be accomplished by a quantum computer in about 10 seconds.

 

[Buck]

Folding@home baby!

 

[sechs]

He said its still hard to estimate when a viable quantum computer might be developed however. "Our guess is anywhere between 10 years and 100 years from now," he said.

This should happen sometime in my lifetime, plus or minus an order of magnitude!

 

[jtr1962]

This should happen sometime in my lifetime, plus or minus an order of magnitude!

Just like fusion-it's the power of the future and always will be.