Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Sep 2007 21:48 UTC, submitted by SReilly
For the first time the components that underlie quantum computing's great potential - qubits - have been linked on chips like those in conventional computers. Two US research teams used superconducting circuits to make two of the quantum components linked by a quantum information cable or bus. The bits that work together on calculations in a normal computer can exist in two states - either 0 or 1. But qubits can inhabit both at once, allowing them to process many calculations simultaneously when they get together.
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2005-08-10
"What say you guy's, five or ten years?"
I'm thinking more like 20 to 30 before we get anything that is both remotely useful, and relatively affordable...