Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

On 2024-09-19 2:47, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:09:53 GMT, Anton Ertl wrote:
 

He mentioned that several physics breakthroughs
are needed for quantum computing to become useful.

 The biggest one would be getting around the fundamental problem that you
can’t get something for nothing.

Stupid argument. Look at the effort and tech it takes to make quantum computers... that is not "nothing".

The promise of an exponential increase in computing power for a linear
increase in the number of processing elements sounds very much like
“something for nothing” under another name, wouldn’t you say?

No, it is exploiting the very non-intuitive nature of quantum entanglement to create an exponential number of collective states of a linear number of elements. Medieval arguments about "nothing" vs "something" don't work there.