Posted By
Lavina
on 2022-02-18
04:11:14
 |  Re: Quantum mechanics and conventional computers
okay, so I guess Moore's Law will not be sustainable (or already isn't) because of physical barriers that already causes serious problems with getting the circuits smaller and smaller hence the speed higher and higher, as you said, the generated heat cannot be dealt with, etc. So we cannot come closer to the dimensions where quantum events would already start causing problems, like "randomly" loosing the stable 0 or 1 state of bits, etc... Well, if density cannot be increased any more, than the overall dimensions of ICs can be increased, so the calculation capactiy can increase further, but the nanoscale production will have a size limit "downwards", so we will not reach quantum dimensions. Of course, our plussy is far far away from these dimensions so probably we will never see a quantum event causing visible signs in the functionality. And probably the life expectancy of the Universe is not enough for such a "random" bunch of quantum events that would happen simultaneously in one place of a circuitry that could manifest in malfunction. But, the theoretical possibility remains :D We just don't have enough time to observe it. Case closed, I guess. :D
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