China Claims It's Cranking Out Quantum Computers
upstart writes:
More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey:
Quantum computers have started rolling off the production line in China, according to local media reports.
Global Times offers one of many such accounts and China Television has also covered the news.
None of the reports offer concrete detail. Indeed, many open with a reference to the presence of a quantum computer in the recently released Chinese action blockbuster "Wandering Earth 2" then enthuse about that science fiction vision having become reality.
All report that the computer was produced in the city of Hefei, which is in Anhui province where the local government is known to have funded a quantum computer lab. Some quote an outfit called Origin Quantum as having been informed of the debut by Anhui quantum lab.
Others suggest the computers were quietly slipped into production at Chinese organizations in 2021 and are now available for other buyers.
[...] In the real world, meanwhile, analysts suggest one of China's main interests in quantum computers is breaking classical encryption.
China has lots of big challenges that quantum computing could help to address. It also has enormous military ambitions, and a lengthy track record of using technology to surveil and oppress its citizens.
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