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sid0 on Feb 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal

Quantum computation as been explored but as yet we don't have a computer capable of executing the quantum algorithms.

They're in their infancy, but we've already had a quantum computer factor 15. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/chip-does-pa...

SimonPStevens on Feb 10, 2011 [–]

Interesting. Thanks. Perhaps I take it back then. Maybe we do have a algorithm capable quantum computer.

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