Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Sep 2005 11:56 UTC
Intel, AMD, IBM and all other chipmakers are doomed. In any case, that's the case if you were to believe the claims made by the Atom Chip Corporation, "which maintains it will show off a 2TB diskless notebook based on a 6.8GHz 'quantum-optical' microprocessor at next January's Consumer Electronics Show." Pictures of the notebook and various parts are available. Whether these claims hold truth is of course under debate, "but Gendlin (creator) has his patent - and more pending, apparently - and so we look forward to seeing Atom Chip's kit in the flesh at CES."
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"What gives it away is the clock speed,
way too slow.."
Actually, it's my understanding that for "linear" functions (most of what a computer does, basic math & hardware controll), quantum computing would be pressed to keep up with a top line pentium. It's the "non-linear" math ("take this huge number, see if it factors into any large prime numbers") that quantum computing's "wooga-wooga" properties come in and it becomes blazingly fast. Quantum computing can "test" numerous values simultaneously, so it's ideal for situations where you have to use trial and error in a brute force attempt. For math that doesn't require this, like balancing a spreadsheet (the computer doesn't have to guess the sum of a column by brue force, it just adds them), you're down to base clockspeed, and you loose all benefits.
Mike K.