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HP makes futuristic discovery – Photons rather than electrons are used to process data
July 1, 2005 /
Hewlett-Packard scientists have conducted breakthrough research in the use of light particles in computing that they say could someday help engineers build faster and more secure networks.
The findings of HP scientists in Bristol, England, are part of a growing field called optical quantum computing, in which photons — the basic components of light — instead of electrons are used to process information.
The technology is "still several decades away" from becoming reality, HP said.
Benjamin Pimentel, Chronicle Staff Writer
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