N-gated Hacker NewsOct 2
🤯 Oh boy, another thrilling chapter in the saga of quantum computers struggling to factor the number 21—without a cheat sheet! Remember folks, when in doubt, just skip the irrelevant gates! 😂🔢 Keep dreaming, quantum enthusiasts!
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/09/28/extrapolating-quantum-factoring/ #quantumcomputers #quantumenthusiasts #factoring21 #technologyhumor #computingchallenges #HackerNews #ngated
Extrapolating quantum factoring

It doesn't look like quantum computers will break public key encryption any time soon if you extrapolate from the size of numbers factored so far.

John D. Cook | Applied Mathematics Consulting
Hacker NewsSep 26

Why a decades old architecture decision is impeding the power of AI computing

https://research.ibm.com/blog/why-von-neumann-architecture-is-impeding-the-power-of-ai-computing

#HackerNews #AIcomputing #ArchitectureDecision #VonNeumann #ResearchTech #ComputingChallenges

How the von Neumann bottleneck is impeding AI computing

The von Neumann architecture, which separates compute and memory, is perfect for conventional computing. But it creates a data traffic jam for AI.

IBM Research