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Computing the Light Fantastic.

Photons move quantum computing toward practicality.

Quirky properties of matter at the scale of atoms and molecules underlie the next leap in computational capability: quantum computers. Oxford Univ.’s David Deutsch developed the framework for quantum computing in a seminal paper published in 1985. Since then he’s often said that a practical quantum computer is a couple decades away. On his Web site, Deutsch explains he now believes the time is near.

http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000100&ISSUE=0603&RELTYPE=FE&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=AS

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