If Moore's Law hits a sinkhole...

[tw]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

I just checked Google shopping. Still no quantum computers for sale.

In the 1950s, there were no semiconductor computer or semiconductor consumer products.

Meanwhile the gigabyte disk drive exists because of quantum physics.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by tw

In the 1950s, there were no semiconductor computer or semiconductor consumer products.

Not necessary.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Griff

Not necessary.

Babbage never finished his machine. Curiously, it was duplicated maybe less than 10 years ago. They discovered many his is prints were backwards - maybe intentionally so that others could not steal his design. Interesting is that his mechanical computer did work - had he finished it.

Which says nothing about quantum physics place in mankind's future.