Tyrandis
30-08-2004, 03:18
Tyrandis News Service Broadcast
New Zealand Institute of Technology - Scientists at the NZIT have unveiled the world's first quantum computer, making this one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of mankind.
While traditional computers obey familiar laws of physics, encoding their actions in bits composed of copper and silicon, quantum computers store information in photons, which exist in two states simultaeneously.
Utilizing the effects of superposition, these photons are known as qubits. The results of adding a bit to today's computers simply double the amount of power; qubits raises the computer's power in orders of magnitude.
The quantum computer, dubbed "Ragnarok", has three components: The controller/input, a cooling section, and output/computation center.
A Cray X1 supercomputer operates as the input for the system, in which a problem is translated into a series of microwave pulses that program the quantum processor. From there, the input is directed to a liquid helium refridgerator where quantum chips are kept near absolute 0, preventing the loss of quantum effects. Through the quantum chips, photos flow in two directions in an aluminum loop, representing 1 and 0 simultaneously, creating the qubits. After the qubits have completed the computation, data is fed back to the Cray X1
As an example of the promising research completed by the NZIT, the new computer modeled the activities of serotonin molecules with only 424 qubits; to do this with a normal computer, one would require more matter than exists in the universe to build the bits required.
However, the breakthrough is even more intriguing if applied to the defense of Tyrandis. In 1994, Bell Labs proved that the quantum computer could ferret out primes with shocking speeds. As all modern encryption is based around the extreme difficulty of finding primes of huge numbers, the advent of the quantum computer could theoretically render these codes totally useless. Already, the quantum computer has proven itself capable of penetrating the most extensive encryption algorithims ever devised.
James Powell, head of TNIA, has already been issued a copy of Ragnarok, and is currently using it to intercept transmissions made by known terrorist groups.
Executor Xavier Davidson has made it clear that no nation needs to fear Tyrandisan abuse of the system, considering that Tyrandis is not a terrorist nor warlike nation.
Currently, Ragnarok is under armed guard by a full division of soldiers, deep in an undisclosed location.
New Zealand Institute of Technology - Scientists at the NZIT have unveiled the world's first quantum computer, making this one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of mankind.
While traditional computers obey familiar laws of physics, encoding their actions in bits composed of copper and silicon, quantum computers store information in photons, which exist in two states simultaeneously.
Utilizing the effects of superposition, these photons are known as qubits. The results of adding a bit to today's computers simply double the amount of power; qubits raises the computer's power in orders of magnitude.
The quantum computer, dubbed "Ragnarok", has three components: The controller/input, a cooling section, and output/computation center.
A Cray X1 supercomputer operates as the input for the system, in which a problem is translated into a series of microwave pulses that program the quantum processor. From there, the input is directed to a liquid helium refridgerator where quantum chips are kept near absolute 0, preventing the loss of quantum effects. Through the quantum chips, photos flow in two directions in an aluminum loop, representing 1 and 0 simultaneously, creating the qubits. After the qubits have completed the computation, data is fed back to the Cray X1
As an example of the promising research completed by the NZIT, the new computer modeled the activities of serotonin molecules with only 424 qubits; to do this with a normal computer, one would require more matter than exists in the universe to build the bits required.
However, the breakthrough is even more intriguing if applied to the defense of Tyrandis. In 1994, Bell Labs proved that the quantum computer could ferret out primes with shocking speeds. As all modern encryption is based around the extreme difficulty of finding primes of huge numbers, the advent of the quantum computer could theoretically render these codes totally useless. Already, the quantum computer has proven itself capable of penetrating the most extensive encryption algorithims ever devised.
James Powell, head of TNIA, has already been issued a copy of Ragnarok, and is currently using it to intercept transmissions made by known terrorist groups.
Executor Xavier Davidson has made it clear that no nation needs to fear Tyrandisan abuse of the system, considering that Tyrandis is not a terrorist nor warlike nation.
Currently, Ragnarok is under armed guard by a full division of soldiers, deep in an undisclosed location.