Chapter 160, Quantum Computers
The entire quantum cloud galaxy is affiliated to the Imperial Institute of Quantum Science. There are no laboratories on the life planet in the inner circle. They are all used for scientists, researchers to live, real laboratories, etc., all are placed in space.
Because it is a closed galaxy, the entire quantum cloud galaxy is very quiet, with a very small population, and there are very few spacecrafts and other galaxies in the empire.
However, the huge space cities in space are huge in scale, all of which are laboratories. Each space city represents a laboratory, some are personal laboratories, and some are team laboratories. For safety, they are distributed very evenly throughout the entire galaxy.
Li Fu, Yu Liang, Gong Gaofei and the other two walked directly in the void. The three of them did not wear any protective suits, but in space it was like walking in the courtyard, without any discomfort. They gently stepped on the void, and started a very small step, but suddenly crossed a very long distance. In just a few steps, they came from the life planet in the inner circle to the space city where the General Institute of the Empire Quantum Science Institute is located.
In the Space City where the General Academy is located, there seems to be no wonder that the three people are coming here directly, because from time to time, people directly cross the void to come here. The popularity of Yuanli Cultivation has given birth to more and more powerful Yuanli Cultivators, and there are also many people who directly cross the void with their physical bodies.
The Space City where the General Institute is located is relatively busy. From time to time, there are scientists who come across the void directly, but more are small private spacecraft with ups and downs.
The entire space city is brightly lit and divided into many functional areas. Various space constructions are lined up on it, and various green plants are embellished. Scientists in white coats are focusing on research.
"Your Majesty, teacher, this is the latest achievement of our Quantum Research Institute, a quantum computer!"
Gong Gaofei took Li Fu and Yu Liang to visit the General Hospital. There is no doubt that he must first show the latest research results to the two. There are very few research results in quantum technology, and now the only quantum computers are available.
Gong Gaofei pointed to a huge behemoth, like a huge house, with data cables of various colors connected to it.
"Quantum computer?"
When Yu Liang heard this, his eyebrows raised.
The quantum computer mentioned by Gong Gaofei is not the same concept as the quantum computer proposed in the Earth Age. The quantum computer proposed in the Earth Age is a type of physical device that follows the laws of quantum mechanics to perform high-speed mathematical and logical operations, store and process quantum information. When a device processes and calculates quantum information and runs a quantum algorithm, it is a quantum computer.
In the Earth Age, whether a quantum computer is just a matter of whether the processing and calculation of this device uses quantum algorithms and quantum information. If so, it can be called a quantum computer.
The quantum computer mentioned by Gong Gaofei here is obviously not the same as the quantum computer in the Earth era, and there are qualitative differences between the two.
Here we will first talk about the working principle of traditional computers. The working principle of traditional computers was born based on the logical operations of the two states 1 and 2. It was first studied to calculate the trajectories of missiles and artillery shells after World War II.
Because traditional computers only have two states of logic in a few years, they can be called binary computers. Their advantages are that their principles are simple and their technology is low.
However, from the 1960s to the 1970s, people found that energy consumption would cause the chips to heat up in computers, greatly affecting the integration of chips, thereby limiting the running speed of computers. Research has found that energy consumption comes from irreversible operations during the calculation process.
So, does the calculation process have to be completed with irreversible operations? The answer to the question is: All classical computers can find a corresponding reversible computer without affecting the computing power. Since each operation in the computer can be transformed into a reversible operation, in quantum mechanics, it can be represented by a unitary transformation.
Early quantum computers were actually classical computers described in quantum mechanics language, and did not use the essential characteristics of quantum mechanics, such as the superposition and coherence of quantum states. In classical computers, the basic information unit is bits, and the operation object is various bit sequences.
Similarly, in quantum computers, the basic information unit is qubits and the operation object is a qubit sequence. The difference is that the qubit sequence can not only be in the superposition state of various orthogonal states, but also in the entangled state.
These special quantum states not only provide the possibility of quantum parallel computing, but also bring many wonderful properties. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers can perform arbitrary unitary transformations, and after obtaining the output state, they can measure and obtain the calculation results.
Therefore, quantum computing has greatly expanded classical computing. In mathematical form, classical computing can be regarded as a special type of quantum meter. Quantum computers transform each superimposed component, all of which are completed at the same time, and superimpose them according to a certain probability amplitude to give the result. This calculation is called quantum parallel computing. In addition to parallel computing, another important purpose of quantum computers is to simulate quantum systems, which is incompetent to classical computers.
Because traditional computers are binary computers, when performing operations, all input information is converted into binary information, then binary operations are performed, and finally converted into the required information when output.
This means that traditional computers have a limitation in computing energy. Once the data to be calculated is too large, traditional computers will be difficult to compete with, especially when conducting simulation and deduction, traditional computers are increasingly difficult to meet the needs of scientific research.
Quantum computers use the characteristics of quantum entangled states. Because of the entangled states of quantum, they have countless possibilities and can completely avoid being restricted by the calculation of the calculation and make a qualitative leap from the essence to the computer's capabilities.
"We should have developed new computer technology long ago. Traditional computers are becoming less and less capable. Not to mention anything else, the Imperial Military has requested to our Academy of Sciences to study new computers many times. Without a powerful computer, it is difficult to calculate the trajectory of enemy targets on the battlefield, thereby locking in the target and destroying it."
Li Fu smiled on his face. Computers are a bit similar to meridian networks for a civilization and a country. The speed of meridian networks is related to the speed of reactions.
This is particularly important on the battlefield. Wars in the interstellar era launched attacks at very long distances. The aircraft was very fast and the trajectory was erratic. These all require computers to calculate.
Although traditional computers, especially supercomputers, have very terrifying and powerful computing power, what you need on the battlefield is speed. Even if the calculation is slower than 0.001 seconds, it may change rapidly and miss opportunities.
Another one is scientific research. With the development of science and technology, more and more experiments have become very dangerous and require very high costs. Therefore, if you can conduct simulation experiments based on existing data in a computer, it will save costs, reduce risks, and greatly promote scientific research.
Why did the five major rogues on Earth unanimously pass the resolution to ban new nuclear tests in the Earth era? On the one hand, it is because these five major rogues themselves have long had no idea how many experiments they have conducted and obtained various detailed data; on the other hand, it is because of the development of computer technology, many experiments can be simulated by computers.
This is especially true in the interstellar era, especially many extremely powerful experiments. If you do not conduct simulation experiments on computers in advance, once you perform actual experiments, you may have devastating consequences, such as experiments on quantum foams, experiments on super-powerful nuclear bombs, experiments on super-powerful magnetic weapons, energy weapons, etc., you can easily destroy a planet at any time.
"Originally, quantum computers were the research focus of our Quantum Research Institute. We have accumulated a lot of money in the past. Over the years, we have turned to the research of quantum foam bombs. Although there is no substantial tension, we have also made great progress in quantum technology. With the accumulation of strength, we finally developed quantum computers."
"Although it has just been researched, its computing power is hundreds of millions of times that of the most advanced supercomputers in our empire. As long as there is such a quantum computer, all the traditional supercomputers in our empire can be eliminated."
Gong Gaofei seemed a little proud. The terrifying computing power of quantum computers completely crushed the existing traditional computers. One used the diversity of quantum entangled states and the other was based on the principle of binary. There was a qualitative leap between the two and it was impossible to compare.
"Hundreds of millions of times? Tsk tsk, it's really amazing."
When Yu Liang heard this, his face was also full of smiles. His students were amazing, so he, the teacher, naturally had a bright face.
"You should have reported this matter early, and you're still hiding it."
"Teacher, this quantum computer has only been developed recently. We haven't had time to report it yet. We also want to wait for the annual science conference to report it, and we can also improve it at that time."
"Well, the size is too large, it would be great if it could be smaller."
Chapter completed!