Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 27th Sep 2007 21:48 UTC, submitted by SReilly
Hardware, Embedded Systems 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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Pesimistic POV
by Punktyras on Fri 28th Sep 2007 15:50 UTC
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I dare to sound very oldfashioned, but I think there is no way to make materials supercondutive in room temperature. But at temperature of liquid nitrogen it would be just fine. I make my bet on PCs with organic elements instead.