The Atom Chip Based Computer

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I think this is one of the most amazing technological breakthroughs. The math behind it is way more advanced than what I can understand (AB Calculus for me). Well, here is their site. What I find even more amazing is that the actual notebooks are so light, around 3 Pounds. Also, look at the specs of the consumer notebooks.

4GB AtomChip® Quantum-Optical Non-Volatile RAM / 4GHz AtomChip® CPU (AtomChip® Quantum® processor) / 100GB-200GB or 500GB AtomChip® Quantum Storage

This will be around $4,500-$6,000

But the Super Computing Notebooks are even nicer.

1TB AtomChip® Quantum-Optical Non-Volatile RAM and storage / 6.8GHz AtomChip® CPU (AtomChip® Quantum® II processor) / 2TB Additional AtomChip® Quantum Storage

Now while that will be $18,500, it is still nothing less than incredible

Atom Chip has won several awards in the USA, Europe, Hong Kong and Japan.

http://www.atomchip.com/

The Actual physics and math behind it can be found here.

http://pi1.physi.uni-heidelberg.de/physi/atph/files/clean_final.pdf
 
It's not, it is at CES now. Well, right now, it is closing soon. CES is from January 5-8.
 
iSkylla said:
It's not, it is at CES now. Well, right now, it is closing soon. CES is from January 5-8.
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Don't get me wrong, these guys put a lot of time effort and money into this, but it's all a joke, and this isn't new. They released their Quantum Optical RAM under the "Compu-Technics" label at CES2004, and they had a laptop very similar to what was displayed this CES there last year as well.

The fact that they go to the lengths to produce the physics behind their stuff, and to show up at places like CES (and give themselves various 'inventor' awards from known entities) both fools a lot of people that would normally see the obvious hoax for what it is, and is what make it rather funny and fresh each time.
 
I am just trying to share information. I have faith in it. I have read through about half of the physics PDF. If it is a hoax, tell me, why wouyld someone go to such great lengths to write something like that if it wasn't real...
 
iSkylla said:
I am just trying to share information. I have faith in it. I have read through about half of the physics PDF. If it is a hoax, tell me, why wouyld someone go to such great lengths to write something like that if it wasn't real...
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Because it makes it a better hoax?
 
I remember this from last year.

First tip off should be their advertisement of it being Quantum - unless they managed to keep it a secret from the entire scientific community, no way on earth they have quantum processor technology.

It's also supposed to use Quantum optical solid state storage. 500 GB of said magic solid state storage in a computer that sells for less than $6000? Well, again, unless they were 30 years ahead of everyone else, no way on earth they have the storage technology, nor the ability to sell it so cheaply. Current existing solid state storage is like $40 a gig, and that's just for fuddy-duddy flash ROM. Current existing solid state technology could not create solid state storage that occupies such a small space.

Just an elaborate hoax.
 
iSkylla said:
I am just trying to share information. I have faith in it. I have read through about half of the physics PDF.
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And you, having what a Masters or Doctorate? in quantaum physics could tell by reading their pdf the difference between good science and horse manure.

Look at this stuff for a minute and tell me how silly this all looks. Their Non volatile quantum optical ram is a head phone jack. Their multi terabyte disk storage is a CF card. And their Quantum II microprocessor is a PLCC chip with a ribbion cable, a piece of generic PCB and what appear to be some optical sensors from a CD drive (pointed away from the chip itself.
 
Who ever said I had a Masters or a Doctorate. All I said was that I learned AB Calculus. I am only a High School Senior.
 
iSkylla said:
Who ever said I had a Masters or a Doctorate. All I said was that I learned AB Calculus. I am only a High School Senior.
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That was my point.
How do you expect reading their PDF to help you discern truth from fiction when you don't have any background in quantuam physics?
You can't have a clue if anything in that entire 95 pages is every remotely true.
 
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That was my point.
How do you expect reading their PDF to help you discern truth from fiction when you don't have any background in quantuam physics?
You can't have a clue if anything in that entire 95 pages is every remotely true.
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Mod Edit: Papa-Ming.......thread is going the flaming route. ;)
 
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