Quantum Computing

  • code1949
    15th Mar 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @Joeboy25 (View Post)
    Basically, it is theoretically impossible to create a quantum computer in TPT as it requires complex quantum-mechanical concepts with equally complicated formulas to be used which requires perfect randomization.
    TPT would need:
    Super-positions (particles existing in multiple places doing multiple things at the same time)
    Decoherence (superpositions being destroyed and recombined into a single form by certain influences)
    Quantum-mechanical spin (rotational energy possessed by non-rotating particles)
    Fermionic and Bosonic interactions (probability based behavior that is determined by spin)
    just to start performing basic qubit-based functions.
    This would lag so much that nothing short of a REAL Quantum Computer would be able to run it.

    @Swordmaster (View Post)
    That would require a computer with less processing power to simulate a computer with far greater processing power which is not possible.
  • Minishooz
    15th Mar 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @Swordmaster (View Post)
    Why ask other peeps to build this anyways? A normal ARAY pt computer is quite cool but when reading/writing bytes in the RAM can be slow as using PSCN to ARAY there could damage valuble codes. Build your quantum com in the beta but referring to what @code1949 said I doubt u could do it. Y u no wanna make ARAY com -.- ? Quantum com is very laggy and your planning to build it in a game? U not know how coms in pt work? I suggest ARAY com as it is POSSIBLE :D

  • Synergy
    15th Mar 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    This cannot be done in TPT.

    That is all.
  • Plasmoid
    15th Mar 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    i love quantum stuff! 
  • snateraar
    15th Mar 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    It's not realism toy! *Shot*

    For a bit more seriousness, you'd need a lot of mathematics in the code for this to happen. Fairly sure the coders would need ages to understand then code all of it. Besides, modern science still doesn't fully understand quantum mechanics so it'd be ridiciously hard anyway :<
  • Synergy
    15th Mar 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    Rather than quantum computing. What we could do is try to create a computer that uses a base 10 system instead of 2. Or any base inbetween. Since you can't change the voltage of currents in powder toy, I doubt this would be easy to do though. I am not sure how you could represent 10 states without varying voltage levels. Even then we would need special logic gates for varying voltage.

    But this is impractical, and for people like me who would probably end up working on it. It would be extremely difficult finding sources to help us adjust to a different base system in electronics.
  • Squaesh
    15th Mar 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    For any form of this, you would need an "atom" much larger than 1 pixel (maybe even the whole screen), and some way of simulating superpositions. besides that, you would also need a machine that could read and interpret these states to make any kind of sense out of this. All in all, not a very feasible idea. Besides, it took like 40 years for scientists to start experimenting with this after they made the first modern day computers. tpt has had computers for what, 2 years? I think we have plenty of time to not worry about this.
    P.S. 91 is a prime number :)
  • Trigonaut
    30th Dec 2015 Member 0 Permalink

    @Swordmaster (View Post)

     Ive done it. I have created a 29-bit quantum adder/subtractor which fits entirely inside the default zoom box. As it turns out, TPT does simulate superpositions (sort of). Talk to me if you want the save ID, since I don't want people to steal it.

  • Omega29
    31st Dec 2015 Member 0 Permalink

    I think you can create a calculator, or some minor logic gates out of TPT, but not full computers