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> The thing is, if a device uses the quantum-mechanical properties of the universe to do calculation, then it is a quantum computer; Except this definition inc
by xondono 5y ago
> The thing is, if a device uses the quantum-mechanical properties of the universe to do calculation, then it is a quantum computer;
Except this definition includes classical computers as well. At the scales of current transistors, quantum effects are required to explain their inner workings, and they are used to perform computations.
- dekhn 5y agothis is misleading. we use quantum to explain transistors, but classical computers don't exploit any quantum phenomenon such as coherence, tunnelling, or entanglement.