7 atoms transistor created, how will the consoles of the future be like?

[radha]

Khuutra said:

WereKitten said:

Khuutra said:
Where the Hell do we go from there? Quantum computers?

Yes and no. Actually quantum computation works in a totally different way from the classic one, right from the theoric level (how algorithms are written, how ideal computers work) down to the practical implementation in hardware of those theoretical results.

As such, while there's a lot of research on the proper way to ride that quantum tiger, classic computing must be kept classic, even as we get to length scales where the quantum effects become more and more evident.

It's an interesting conundrum.

This sounds like it involves a lot more high-level knowledge than I would be able to intelligibly level at it! Or level at it at all, I suppose.

Does that mean we're potentially coming up against a physical limitation concerning the power and scale of classic computing? Like.... within the next few decades?

The limitations have been know for a long time, that is why scientist have allways been looking for an alternative, google Qubits and check that out.