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They are talking about meso-scale phenomena.

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All material is made of atoms, whose parts are subject to quantum mechanics. Until the last few years, quantum events could not be observed directly. With the relentless progress in making smaller and smaller transistors for microelectronics, a new range of techniques has emerged that allow researchers to fabricate and control systems of a few dozens, hundreds, or thousands of electrons.

Under the right conditions, these systems can be made to observe the rules of quantum mechanics, at least for brief periods of time. Such things as "qubits" can be made that could conceivably be wired together into quantum computers that would solve certain problems very quickly. One of these problems is finding the very large prime numbers used as keys for encryption schemes. The government is naturally very interested in such research, and this is likely the main source of funding for such research.

This may be the most certain guarantee that the GSIC does not work: if it did, the people who make and sell it would disappear.


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  • They are talking about meso-scale phenomena. - Al Sekela 15:06:38 03/31/05 (0)


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