Bleeding Edge, tangentially?

[Prashant Kumar]

I should say also that by speed up I mean the algorithms the computer in
question is capable of running, not the brute speed. In discussions such as
this we are always considering the performance of an *ideal* computer, one
without restrictions on memory and clock speed (Hertz).

P.

On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Prashant Kumar wrote:

> Link? Can give a more comprehensive discussion of the claim on request,
> but the "quantum speed up" you get is thought to result from a few things,
> chief among which is quantum entanglement.
>
> Analog computers (think the old room filling beasties used in the
> Manhattan project), for example, are not binary, yet are not able to
> achieve the same speed up over binary computers. So the switch from binary
> to not isn't the thing doing the work.
>
> P.
>
> On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Markekohut wrote:
>
>> An article on quantum computing in THE WEEK magazine says that the
>> incredible speed happens because the binaryness is overcome. Shit.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>
>
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