Super computer from Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy
Fans of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy will be thrilled to discover UK scientists are a step closer to creating a real life version of Deep Thought.
In the cult sci-fi film, the supercomputer is programmed to solve ‘the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything’, a now a team are dedicated to bringing the machine into reality.
A blueprint has been developed, depicting huge quantum computer which will be able to think for itself.
The Deep Thought-style device will be able to quickly solve problems or answer questions that would take most modern machines billions of years to decipher.
Following the blueprint, if all goes to plan, an early prototype should be created by scientists at the University of Sussex within the next two years.
At present, quantum computers are more conceptual that actual, though if the Deep Thought-style device is a success it’s likely to open the doors to so far unfathomable levels of computing.
The new design idea, described in the journal Science Advances, is seen as a game changer because it allows connection speeds between individual quantum computing modules 100,000 times faster than any previously envisaged.
Professor Winfried Hensinger, head of the Ion Quantum Technology Group at the University of Sussex, said: ‘For many years, people said that it was completely impossible to construct an actual quantum computer.
‘With our work we have not only shown that it can be done, but now we are delivering a nuts and bolts construction plan to build an actual large-scale machine.’
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/02/someones-making-the-super-computer-from-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-6422729/
In the cult sci-fi film, the supercomputer is programmed to solve ‘the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything’, a now a team are dedicated to bringing the machine into reality.
A blueprint has been developed, depicting huge quantum computer which will be able to think for itself.
The Deep Thought-style device will be able to quickly solve problems or answer questions that would take most modern machines billions of years to decipher.
Following the blueprint, if all goes to plan, an early prototype should be created by scientists at the University of Sussex within the next two years.
At present, quantum computers are more conceptual that actual, though if the Deep Thought-style device is a success it’s likely to open the doors to so far unfathomable levels of computing.
The new design idea, described in the journal Science Advances, is seen as a game changer because it allows connection speeds between individual quantum computing modules 100,000 times faster than any previously envisaged.
Professor Winfried Hensinger, head of the Ion Quantum Technology Group at the University of Sussex, said: ‘For many years, people said that it was completely impossible to construct an actual quantum computer.
‘With our work we have not only shown that it can be done, but now we are delivering a nuts and bolts construction plan to build an actual large-scale machine.’
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/02/someones-making-the-super-computer-from-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-6422729/
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