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Published online 6 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010809-4
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Brain inspires new memories
Quantum memories should mimic ours.
Quantum memories will be like the brain. According to Carlo Trugenberger of InfoCodex in Geneva, Switzerland, quantum-computer engineers should design memories like our own, storing information as patterns rather than putting each item in its own labelled box, as in conventional computers.
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