# #Mon Aug 09 12:16:52 CEST 2010 Slide__EswjIKOfEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_subTitle=... would offer the total available computing power worldwide - as a quantum computer. Each ion would be able to adopt not only two states, as in a normal computer, but also combinations of states. Each arithmetic operation using qubits manipulates complex information. Finding the algorithms and maintaining the information stored in the qubits are great challenges. Slide__EswjIKOfEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_footer=Source\: Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching Slide__EswjIKOfEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=A 50-Ion Crystal ...