Name: Anonymous 2009-12-12 19:22
Sup /comp/, I have a question that may sound stupid. I've been reading up on quantum computers. I understand that a bit is always in one of two states. Now a qubit, a bit in quantum computing, can be in either state, or a superposition of both.
Now, a qubit can be in either state at the same time, but nevertheless is only two. So how is this any more advanced than a contemporary bit?
I think I have a decent understanding of a "superposition," which is all the possible states, in a qubit's case, 0 or 1. But it's still only two!
Is it that a qubit can be more than those, by which i mean, a qubit can be read by a quantum computer to be a line of multiple bits? This is stupid and makes no sense, where is the date stored? What is the limit, if everything can be stored on a single qubit simply because it the qubit can be everything at once?
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'm hungry for knowledge. Pic unrelated.
Now, a qubit can be in either state at the same time, but nevertheless is only two. So how is this any more advanced than a contemporary bit?
I think I have a decent understanding of a "superposition," which is all the possible states, in a qubit's case, 0 or 1. But it's still only two!
Is it that a qubit can be more than those, by which i mean, a qubit can be read by a quantum computer to be a line of multiple bits? This is stupid and makes no sense, where is the date stored? What is the limit, if everything can be stored on a single qubit simply because it the qubit can be everything at once?
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'm hungry for knowledge. Pic unrelated.