Chance for a home super computer??

[anunitu]

Things are gonna get interesting it seems.

"Nano-transistor breakthrough to offer billion times faster computer"



http://www.smh.com.au/technology/nanotransistor-breakthrough-to-offer-billion-times-faster-computer-20120220-1tira.html

[Farabi]

Playstation 3 is once called as a super computer, and now, it is on each houses. "Super Computers" term will change drastically.

[ninjarider]

interesting. now i wonder how long it will take for us to get the technology

[hutch--]

 :bg

With that much grunt, real time smellovision would have to be viable.

[dedndave]

i can't think of anything i wanna smell - lol
anyways, making one work in the lab is a far cry from putting them on the shelf
placing millions of single atoms precisely where you want them sounds like a pretty daunting task

[anunitu]

They are saying 20 years,but these days that could mean 5. Lots of things I have read started out at 20 years,but in a year the time was 10,then a year later it was 5..all progressive.

[donkey]

The task of placing the atoms single or otherwise in a particular configuration is an engineering problem and is a natural step in the evolution of binary computers. Since they seem primarily interested in the atoms acting as transistors, it is only an evolutionary not a revolutionary step. Quantum computers are not based on transistor technology but rather on the probability states implied by quantum mechanics, this is not something that is a natural progression from that research as the article suggests. Quantum computers, though they rely on such nano-technology, will be related to it in the same way that toasters are related to electrical generators, they will need the technology to function but have little other attachment to it. We will one day see quantum computers at home, especially in the area of language, voice and image recognition but they will probably be black box systems that offer very little opportunity for programming, more likely they will be plug in modules for our binary computers.

[anunitu]

I have been surprised a few times the last few years,I try an keep an eye on how tech and medical are moving. Major jumps have occurred that caught me by surprise even while I was following them closely. One breakthrough may set a series of events into play that yield something unexpected. Welcome to the future. 

[ninjarider]

due to the security risks involved i highly doubt that government will ever allow home computers to have quantum computing technology.

[anunitu]

I agree about the Gov not wanting you to have this,when PGP came out,they raised holy hell because then they could not read your emails,and we can't have that...