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By the time you get to 300 qubits, you’ve got a computer that can do more “calculations” than there are atoms in the universe. I don't understand what this mea
by asymmetric 10y ago
By the time you get to 300 qubits, you’ve got a computer that can do more “calculations” than there are atoms in the universe.
I don't understand what this means. Last time I checked, the Universe was infinite.. So what does this claim exactly mean? Because it's not the first time I've seen it.
- pmontra 10y agoWhere did you check that?
- ywain 10y agoThe author likely meant "observable universe". 2^300 ~= 2*10^90, and it's estimated that there are around 10^80 atoms in the observable universe[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe#Matter_content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe#Matter_con...
- dekhn 10y agoThe universe is likely finite, with a countable number of matter constituents.