Chapter 345 Science Cover Report
"Quantum computer research in Huaxia?" At the mention of this, the editors of the journal Science were puzzled, "Aren't their quantum computers still far behind?"
In the field of quantum computers, only a few top laboratories and companies in Europe and the United States have the ability to develop them.
"I think this time it has something to do with deep space technology. ”
All the editors present were aware of Deep Space Technology, a company that has been featured regularly in media reports and scientific journals for the past three years. Their many studies have many breakthrough discoveries.
Not to mention being listed in scientific research journals, it is eligible to be nominated for the Nobel Prize, the World Science Prize, the Turing Award, etc.
Unfortunately, the company had never thought of participating in these awards before, and had never sent any materials to the winners.
Even this paper, strictly speaking, was not published by Deep Space Technology's own R&D personnel, but by cooperative R&D personnel.
"Let me see!" said one of them, and the editors looked at him, their editor-in-chief and a master in the fields of quantum physics and computing.
It took three hours for the editor-in-chief to finish reading Xiao Bai's paper. After reading it, he frowned and excitedly shouted: "This is it! The front page of the next issue! The cover! This is it! This is a big discovery!"
"Deep space technology has really made a big breakthrough in superconducting quantum chips!"
The editor-in-chief is more inclined towards pure science, so he doesn't think much about commercial interests.
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A week later, a new issue of the journal Science was published.
Germany, quantum physicist and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Reid had just gotten off work at the German Institute for Quantum Computing, and there was an extra impurity in the mailbox at his doorstep, which was the latest edition of the journal Science he had ordered.
"A new breakthrough in quantum computing?" Reed was overjoyed when he saw the cover, the field of quantum computing has made little progress, and I don't know who has made a new breakthrough.
Before he could wait for the study, he couldn't wait to open it and watch it.
"A topological superconductor with an unusually high resistance to magnetic fields, which can greatly reduce errors in quantum computing...... This is simply the 'silicon' of quantum chips!" Reed exclaimed after reading the paper.
Silicon is an important material in the semiconductor industry and is the core material for most chips. However, when transistors made of silicon are reduced to the quantum level, they lose their original design functions and cannot complete calculations.
The paper proposes that the superconductor synthesized by deep space technology can replace silicon and become the manufacturing material of superconducting quantum chips.
"Why are you so happy, my dear?" asked his wife, who, like him, was a Ph.D. in physics.
"Look at this, it's really fantastic! If that's true, it means they'll soon be able to build their own superconducting quantum computer!" Reed handed her the journal.
After reading it, his wife was also incredulous, "How did this company do it? I remember they announced that they were going to develop a quantum computer not long ago!"
"Who knows, but I'd love to meet them, and it would be nice if I had the opportunity to visit their institute. Reed said.
"There will be a chance, we can send an email to ask for their opinion. The wife suggested.
"Good idea, I'll write now!" Reed immediately began to write an email wishing to visit.
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"It's so fast!" Intel Corporation, president Angdie naturally saw the paper in Science.
"Is it possible for them to make this superconducting material?" asked Angdi, the senior director of the technology department.
"Sir. "It's not the worst-case scenario, I've already read the paper." At worst, they may not only have synthesized this superconducting material, but have already started to build this quantum chip and computer!"
"Damn!" Angodi wiped his forehead, and sure enough, when you think something can't be worse, reality will tell you that anything is possible!
"If we let them make a commercially available quantum computing chip first, it will be a disaster for our company, and even for the entire computer manufacturing industry! Quantum computing will break our monopoly on the market!" said the senior vice president on the side.
"No, it will not be allowed!" Angdi calmed down, "and now whether they have the ability to make this superconducting material is another matter." The most important thing is that we must get ahead of them!
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ADM, IBM, NVIDIA, Google and other giants are all paying attention to this news. Internationally, many scientists and media are discussing this matter, and some even predict that the era of quantum computers will soon come.
But at this time, there were some objections. Some well-known scholars pointed out that there are many unreasonable places in this paper, and the practicability of this superconducting material is questionable, and as for the manufacture of superconducting quantum chips and superconducting quantum computers, it is a gimmick hyped by deep space science and technology, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it.
No matter what they say, Xiao Bai's paper shows many people that deep space technology has indeed made progress in the field of quantum computing.
Many domestic and foreign research institutions and well-known scholars have sent messages to inquire and want to visit and communicate, which makes the Institute of Quantum Computing of Deep Space Science and Technology lively all of a sudden.
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Meng Xiaobai has always been at the forefront of R&D, and his role is no less than that of any major R&D personnel, but a piece of news made him have to stop his busy work.
On May 25, the World Supercomputing Conference will be held in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. At that time, the conference will discuss the research in the field of supercomputing and develop relevant standards for the quantum computing industry. Yu Liming brought this news to Meng Xiaobai.
He said: "Mr. Meng, we must go to this conference. In particular, the development of standards in the field of quantum computing cannot be done without us!"
The World Supercomputing Conference is a computing event held once a year. The world's top companies, research institutes, and universities will participate, and the participants will be the world's top experts and scholars.
The provincial conference was hosted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest non-profit professional and technical society, with hundreds of thousands of members around the world.
"It doesn't seem to have been said that we wanted to set standards in the field of quantum computing before, right?" Meng Xiaobai wondered.
"Yes, there was no such event at this conference. This is a new addition, and it is said to be a joint proposal by Intel, Google and other companies, who believe that quantum computing and quantum computer technology have developed to a stage of relative reliability, and international industry standards should be developed. Yu Liming said.
At this time, he suddenly proposed...... Ill-intentioned!" Meng Xiaobai muttered.