Quantum computing and the EDA challenges it poses ...

[harpoon]

I just read that quantum computing may be the next big thing. How does this change the EDA tools needed to design and build these monsters (if any)?

BBC News - Quantum computing device hints at powerful future

Anyone directly working on this very exciting field ?

 

[Jensen]

I thought nano scale computing was next? Good article! Thanks.

 

[simguru]

I think there is a related issue of building circuits which only give statistical results -

Quantum computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Many algorithms will only give the correct answer with a certain probability, however by repeatedly initializing, running and measuring the quantum computer, the probability of getting the correct answer can be increased."

You'll run into similar problems if you make transistors so small that they're vulnerable radiation and other noise.

So is anyone working on doing reliable computing on unreliable hardware?

 

[harpoon]

The article mentioned "custom electronics based on cellphone technology" which I guess can only mean IC's and all the usual suspects of circuits. What is not clear is how they leveraged the circuits to do the "quantum" side of the computing. MEMS maybe ?

Maybe Intel is doing this ?