- Scapegoat413
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Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.
Posted by: sawnose
Posted by: Scapegoat413
Posted by: sawnose
- Factoring big numbers gets an exponential speedupThat's kind of a big deal, though >_>
Yep, for certain topics like RSA cryptography. And that was the first big algorithm discovered/created, and it's somewhat surprising that in the 25 years or so since that first big leap, nothing has surpassed it.Not being a physicist (or computer scientist, for that matter), I can't speak with authority on the topic, but isn't quantum key distribution a thing? Not particularly practical yet, but then neither is using quantum computing to break RSA.
Posted by: xXIHAYD0IXx
If QC isn't the next IC, it will be interesting to see what it. I've been seeing more and more articles writing about how we are fairly close to reaching the maximum effectiveness of the integrated circuit, so I wonder what the next quantum leap (pun intended) will be.Behold, the next quantum leap in computing. I expect a quantum leap out of Intel every year, really.
[Edited on 11.09.2012 9:05 PM PST]