A Dwave system pdf that has questions and answers about their quantum computer and their quantum computer plans some more useful answers in the comments and discussion: “For the algorithms you demostrated, how many times do you have to run the quantum computer to get the right answer?” Generally the success rates are around 90% …
2006 2005 2004 Wealth Amount 5 3 2 US$30B+ Forbes list (which mainly catches owners 67 49 32 US$10B+ of public assets, can underestimate some 167 124 102 US$5B+ like CTO of Cisco, who may be billionaire 946 793 691 US$1B+ from cisco stock + large startup positions) 10000 8200 7500 US$160M+ (my own estimate) …
The material is a boron nitride “nanocomposite.” This means that, rather than consisting of one large continuous crystal, it is made of crystalline boron-nitride grains that are each a few to several nanometers in size. Although research groups have previously reported boron carbonitride materials, claimed to be the second and third hardest materials after diamond, …
Another indicator of accelerating progress. The Memjet technology uses a series of individual MEMS-based inkjet nozzles, fabricated using conventional semiconductor manufacturing techniques. Each chip measures 20 millimeters across and contains 6,400 nozzles, with five color channels, the company said. A separate driver chip calculates 900 million picoliter-sized drops per second. For a standard A4 letter …
This latest development from Henri Lezec and co-workers at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, US, could lead to a ‘superlens’ capable of producing optical images with detail to rival electron microscopes. The bolt on microscope resolution booster could be out to the top 1000 labs within 2 years. The target of 1 nanometer resolution for …
Nuclear magnetic resonance, or NMR, generates a true-to-life fingerprint – a unique pattern indicating the presence of specific molecules – for a research sample that is being analyzed. It has been found that a higher power magnet (21.1 tesla) increases the picture’s brightness by a factor of about 10 relative to low-field images (14.1 tesla) …
In conventional solar cells (a), light (dashed line) enters an antireflective layer (yellow) and then a layer of silicon (green) in which much of the light is converted into electricity. But some of the light (solid arrows) reflects off an aluminum backing, returns through the silicon, and exits without generating electricity. A new material (represented …
Nuclear energy costs dependent upon assumptions The cost of generating power via nuclear energy can be separated into the following components: * The construction cost of building the plant. * The operating cost of running the plant and generating energy. * The cost of waste disposal from the plant. * The cost of decommissioning the …
Exponential manufacturing is one of the key features that magnifies the impact of molecular nanotechnology Exponential manufacturing is a nanofactory being able to produce another nanofactory. Nanofactories with this capability can double their number in the time it takes to make another copy. When would exponential manufacturing dominate over projected conventional production ? A nanofactory …
China has jumped ahead with three sweeping reforms to solidify its growth, bolster its financial markets, and more rapidly transform itself into a 21st century market economy. China has just created what could soon be the largest investment fund in history. Economists expect the Chinese government to allocate $200 billion to $400 billion to the …
Scientists believe that 10,000 idle PS3s can deliver over a petaflop This is four times more than IBM’s BlueGene/L System, which cranks out 280.6 trillion calculations per second. If Sony could actually sell the PS3 with as much success as the PS2, then 100 million units could provide over an exaflop of computing power. The …