'magic dust' supercomputer

This is an alternative to using quantum computers to solve problems too computatively difficult for traditional computers;

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-supercomputer-based-magic-combination.html

Interesting and it would be great if they devolved it but I wish they didn't use the vary unscientific sounding term "magic dust".

Originally posted by @humy
This is an alternative to using quantum computers to solve problems too computatively difficult for traditional computers;

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-supercomputer-based-magic-combination.html

Interesting and it would be great if they devolved it but I wish they didn't use the vary unscientific sounding term "magic dust".

I assume all this happened close to zero Kelvin. Here is the precursor article leading to the present research:

https://phys.org/news/2014-11-spiral-laser-quantum-whirlpool.html#nRlv

Originally posted by @humy
Interesting and it would be great if they devolved it but I wish they didn't use the vary unscientific sounding term "magic dust".

'Magic dust' is as unscientific expression as the 'god particle'.
They use it to attract unscientific (read: religious) people to read the article.

Originally posted by @fabianfnas
'Magic dust' is as unscientific expression as the 'god particle'.
They use it to attract unscientific (read: religious) people to read the article.

rather than saying it is "based on 'magic dust' ", they could say it is " based on 'polaritons' ", because it is. But that is hard for many people to remember so lets call that "pol-dust" and say it is " based on 'pol-dust' " and these computers are "dust-computers" that do "dust-computing".

Originally posted by @humy
rather than saying it is "based on 'magic dust' ", they could say it is " based on 'polaritons' ", because it is. But that is hard for many people to remember so lets call that "pol-dust" and say it is " based on 'pol-dust' " and these computers are "dust-computers" that do "dust-computing".

'Magic dust' sounds like some illegal drug or something.
'Dust-computing' is better, but... I'd prefer polaritons.