2006-06-30 10:34:30 · 6 answers · asked by The null set 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
many, many discrete logic states...not just 0 or 1
2006-06-30 10:37:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question !
Quantum computation theory ( QCT ) will be a new way of harnessing nature to perform computations ( much like the silicon computers of today ).
Even though the theory is in place, only elementary quantum computers are currently available to use the theory. Once more advanced machines are available to execute the algorithms, the history of technology will change forever.
The use of these quantum computers will solve many problems in mathematics and science that are impossible right now. It will make certain calculations that take trillions of years by current technology in microseconds. Althought they wont replace the current digital machines completely, quantum computers will enable us to simulate reality inside a machine to a level of reality itself.
there are numerous books on this matter and i suggest you read David Deutsch's " The Fabric of Reality"
Hope to have answered your question :)
2006-06-30 16:29:37 · answer #2 · answered by fullbony 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Conventional" transistors and circuits on today's integrated circuits are approaching the point where they can no longer be built, simply because there's a minimum number of atoms need to make something behave like a transistor, and because there's a minimum number of electrons needed to form something that a circuit can manipulate.
As we approach those limits, we need to consider quantum effects or our explanations and predictions won't be valid. But while we're doing that, let's be alert to ways that quantum effects may give us new tools useful for circuits and computing, not just that they will make our miniaturization of known circuit technologies so much more difficult.
So what? Will we ever be able to use all that circuit density and compute power we'll get from being able to follow the Moore's Law curve for a few more years? We always do ...
2006-06-30 11:02:44 · answer #3 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the only next thing we can depend on when our computer manufacturing scales become so minute that quantum phenomena start interfering with the behaviour of the system significantly
2006-06-30 11:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by sheriefhalawa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you compute the quantum you may feel some sympathy
2006-07-02 23:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by 22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what yooper said. it means you can make muich faster computers (in theory)
2006-06-30 11:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋