{"id":2870,"date":"2024-12-29T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T23:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/it\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:04:47","slug":"quantum-computer-hoax-how-many-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/it\/quantum-computer-hoax-how-many-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Computer Hoax? How many Billions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why will we never use Quantum computers at home or in our offices?<\/strong>(1)<\/h3>\n

1. Non Repeatable; non-Replicable Answers<\/strong> ! Quantum computing has an outrageously poor Qubit Error rate<\/strong> of about 1 error in every 1,000 operations (vs classical computer error rate of ~ 1 error in a sextillion operations).<\/p>\n

Is this serious?<\/strong> Well, Imagine using your calculator which give you a wrong answer every thousand times you use it. Or imagine your cars brakes won’t work every thousand times you step on them.<\/p>\n

This is Fatal and incurable BECAUSE<\/em> Quantum computer’s Probabilistic operations are inherently non-Deterministic<\/strong> – diplomatically called “Noisy.**”<\/p>\n

Deterministic means exact and reliable – vs approximate and variable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And “Error correction” schemes<\/strong> are —
\n1 a) Classical<\/strong> – not Quantum (I’m trying not to laugh), and<\/p>\n

1 b) Based on the Pooling of Ignorance<\/strong> principle — “In quantum error correction, multiple faulty qubits are combined<\/strong><\/em> to make reliable qubits, called logical qubits…”<\/p>\n

1 c) Next to impossible to “… diagnose errors<\/strong> without ever directly observing them . . .”<\/p>\n

Despite all that – could they be used for estimating? Questions where exact, correct (non-wrong) answers are not needed. (Obviously this excludes decryption which demands deterministic exactness.)<\/p>\n

2a No Quantum RAM exists<\/strong> to store Qubits<\/a> – either momentarily or long-term (Fatal)<\/p>\n

(According to the\u00a0no clone theorem<\/a>, no quantum state<\/a> can be reproduced completely meaning we cannot make quantum RAM<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2b And one Can’t use non-quantum hybrid RAM because logically we can’t read or transfer quantum data to conventional RAM – thanks again to the no clone theorem<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Quantum processors need to run at near Absolute Zero temperature<\/strong><\/a> (at minus 459 degrees F)\u00a0 (Kind of eliminates “outside the lab” use. Fatal) & . . .<\/p>\n

4. Hoover Sucks<\/strong>: Quantum processors need to run in an “absolute Vacuum”<\/strong> (No “outside the lab” use.\u00a0 If not Fatal, it is in Intensive Care on life-support.)<\/p>\n

5 “Eye-watering cost”<\/strong> of a quantum processor (bad, but not necessarily fatal or eventually incurable)*<\/p>\n

# # #<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1) Much of the facts and rationale described here is derived from 2024-2025 papers by George Sidman of Trustwrx.com<\/a><\/p>\n

* So far some $40 Billion has been spent for Quantum computing<\/a> and anther 25 billion committed.<\/p>\n

** Noise is not just quantum probabilities. It is also caused by any exterior phenomena like temperatures above Absolute Zero, data cable \/ conductor RF noise, and random cosmic rays.<\/p>\n

Some further reading —<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Far Can Quantum Computing Go without Quantum Memory?<\/a><\/strong>
\nWhy the Challenges of Quantum Physics May Deny Quantum Computing a Commercial Future<\/p>\n

Why Quantum Computers Will Never be a Threat to Encryption<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Qubit Noise, Scaling & Memory Barriers Remain Insurmountable<\/p>\n

More Technical Reading —<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why Quantum Computers Cannot Work<\/a><\/strong> – UC Davis<\/p>\n

Fixing the Internet\u2019s Fundamental\u00a0Flaw with Trustworthy Packets
\nGiving IP Packets a Trusted Identity to Dramatically Improve Internet Security<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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