Researchers at MIT and the University of Innsbruck last week announced that they had designed and constructed the world’s first scalable quantum computer, a development that could make existing encryption technology obsolete. They built the computer using five atoms in an ion trap, according to a report published in the journal Science. The researchers used laser pulses to carry out an algorithm — conceived in 1994 by MIT Professor Peter Shor — on each atom to correctly factor the number 15.
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Quantum Computer Leap Could Make Today’s Encryption Passe
Posted by: David Jones March 8, 2016 12:40 PMResearchers at MIT and the University of Innsbruck last week announced that they had designed and constructed the world’s first scalable quantum computer, a development that could make existing encryption technology obsolete. They built the computer using five atoms in an ion trap, according to a report published in the journal Science. The researchers used laser pulses to carry out an algorithm — conceived in 1994 by MIT Professor Peter Shor — on each atom to correctly factor the number 15.