Horse Ridge is the name of the new computer chip from Intel manufactured using the 22-nanometer process.

22nm? So far this doesn't really differ from what they seem to release lately... 😀 Yeah... sorry for the evil pun. But it also makes sense, since they ramp up 22nm fabs to produce linked one and this one for better fab utilization. On a more serious note, I'm certainly surprised that they don't use 14nm+++ for such high paying customers as quantum computing manufacturers / departments. Is there a technical reason for that, does anybody know?

I would be concerned with intel and its security problems. They cant handle the security of their chips. If anyone creates a skynet, it will be thru intels security flaw in one of their chips.

fantaskarsef:

Is there a technical reason for that, does anybody know?

Just means the science group with Intel personnel in it has access to some multi-billion dollar machine to make a couple of wafers of an experimental chip that's probably running at below 0.1W, clocking in the MHz range...and is a 22nm device. The crux of the news is they managed to make a chip that can be used more or less inside a near absolute zero point cooling device, as you don't want any heat dissipation in there. Even thinking about heat affects a device like that. Hence the pun: Intel's coolest chip 😀

Horse Ridge? The naming is odd.

"Ridge" is used by AMD.. Bristol Ridge... Pinnacle Ridge... Raven Ridge... Summit Ridge... Also it's not 1 April...

Word on the street is that AMD has a chip that can beat INTEL's called, "THE HORSE WHISPERER." Hope someone gets the joke.

HybOj:

I would be concerned with intel and its security problems. They cant handle the security of their chips.

Security is completely irrelevant when it comes to quantum computers doing their work. Obviously there may be some interest in protecting the data that goes in or out of these computers, but, at that point the data can be processed in binary again using whatever security method you prefer.

If anyone creates a skynet, it will be thru intels security flaw in one of their chips.

*sigh* There's not going to be a Skynet or anything like it.

schmidtbag:

*sigh* There's not going to be a Skynet or anything like it.

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

binary computing: yes, no; on, off quantum computing: maybe on; maybe off; maybe here, maybe there, maybe. I wish them luck with that.

Toadstool:

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

By that logic, you're telling me that if a respected scientist said "it is possible to produce energy by snapping your fingers" that they'd most certainly right? Because anyone who knows the first law of thermodynamics will say that's impossible, and they'd be unquestionably right. So no, a distinguished scientist is one who makes a logical hypothesis using empirical data, preferably one backed up by math if possible. If such data doesn't exist, it must be experimented on. To do otherwise isn't scientific. If you don't have evidence to back up your claims, it's not science: it's faith. If your hypothesis isn't based on data (let alone logical), it's not science: it's an opinion. If you want to argue about how the laws of physics change in alternate universes, well, that's irrelevant since that's not the universe we live in. This is why for example the theory of dark matter/energy is disputed. So, anyone who believes robots are going to enslave/eradicate humanity doesn't have a strong understanding of business, psychology, robotic engineering, geography, or sustainability. Even in the already absurdly unlikely event that a corporation would create a sentient army of robots with an uncontrollable urge to eradicate all humans, there is a large checklist of substantial obstacles those robots would face to "complete" their goal. Is it literally impossible? No, but, the probability of something like this ever happening is so infinitesimally small that it is effectively impossible. And this was giving the best case scenario - there is no financial incentive for any organization to make such robots, let alone enough to even threaten a small country. That means the first obstacle you'd have to overcome for such a scenario to happen is already a nearly 0% chance of happening.

Embra:

Horse Ridge? The naming is odd.

Its the Ridge part of the name that will help Intel sell some of their chips, some will get confused and think they brought an Amd chip 😛

SweenJM:

Question #1: How the hell does one design a quantum control chip?

I think the idea is to put the control chip on one side of a huge PCB and then let the part with all the wiring sticking out be inside the supercooled environment...making it function like a Northpole bridge regulating the quantum gizmos inside.

schmidtbag:

*A whole buncha reasonable statements*

That's an Arthur C. Clarke line, it was meant mainly in jest, though I think it mostly holds true on a long enough timeline. I also try to never underestimate humanity's capacity for stupidity and shortsightedness, so for that reason, I entertain the concept of some sort of robot/ai based disaster. Unlikely as it may be.

Toadstool:

I think it mostly holds true on a long enough timeline.

To each their own. I don't argue with opinions, let alone about the distant future.

I also try to never underestimate humanity's capacity for stupidity and shortsightedness, so for that reason, I entertain the concept of some sort of robot/ai based disaster. Unlikely as it may be.

It is good to not underestimate how stupid and shortsighted the average person can be, and I see nothing wrong at all with entertaining an idea. However, creating such a robot creates great intelligence, and a robot apocalypse would be so much of a logistical nightmare that there couldn't possibly be done without extensive planning. Ironically, people are so paranoid about a robot uprising that developers would have to try extra hard to reassure it isn't going to happen.

schmidtbag:

*sigh* There's not going to be a Skynet or anything like it.

There goes my plan to conquer the world out of the window... So, what´s my next idea, maybe an alien invasion...

If a security is of no concern, than it makes sense its a job for intel

schmidtbag:

To each their own. I don't argue with opinions, let alone about the distant future.

Actually, judging by your previous posts in this thread, that's literally exactly what you do. The multiple levels of irony are impressive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

WareTernal:

Actually, judging by your previous posts in this thread, that's literally exactly what you do. The multiple levels of irony are impressive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

No, I argue with people who treat their opinions as fact. Big difference. Case in point: what I'm doing right now. If someone makes it very clear that what they're saying is opinion, I might disagree and I might express disagreement, but I won't tell them they're wrong.