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photon · 05-28-2011, 04:31 PM

Measured in a similar way to a Cray, it'd probably be the other way, measured in kiloflops or even flops, unless for a specific problem. Useless for most stuff, crazy for a very specific thing.

And I guess it's questionable if this even will offer that crazy speedup for specific things, since there's no entanglement going on (or wasn't, maybe there is now).

Some more reading (which I hardly even understand half the words, let alone the implications):

http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=639

05-28-2011, 04:31 PM	#4
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Measured in a similar way to a Cray, it'd probably be the other way, measured in kiloflops or even flops, unless for a specific problem. Useless for most stuff, crazy for a very specific thing. And I guess it's questionable if this even will offer that crazy speedup for specific things, since there's no entanglement going on (or wasn't, maybe there is now). Some more reading (which I hardly even understand half the words, let alone the implications): http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=639 __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.