Chapter 1182 The Shocked Bird
On the first day of April, something big happened in the computer industry.
The quantum computer research team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences suddenly announced in a high-profile manner that it has made significant progress in the research of quantum computers! The head of the research team announced that they have developed a quantum computer processor based on carbon-based semiconductor technology. Compared with other research results in the field of quantum computers, this processor will be unprecedented and groundbreaking.
According to relevant sources, the processor mainly uses some of the characteristics of Majorana fermions, and the performance shown so far has reached 90 qubits.
When the incident just happened, many scientific research dogs engaged in integrated circuit design and information technology research had just finished their weekend vacation and came to the work unit with sleepy eyes.
When they saw this news through various channels, many people subconsciously glanced at the calendar, and after confirming that today is not the 4th, they showed surprise expressions on their faces.
A quantum computer with 90 qubits!
Is this going to heaven?
After learning about the situation, almost all those who were engaged in research in related fields, who were only a little bit involved, began to frantically search for relevant research results in the database.
However, to the disappointment of many people, they could not find a paper on this "90 qubit" except for that news article.
Not even a thesis.
Even this research team seems to have popped out of a rock, and many people have never heard of it before. Except for the academic leader who is still a bit of a background and has published a few papers in the field of quantum computing, others are in a hurry to find a few works that can be sold in one area.
This kind of feeling is like a LV5 "big brother" in Novice Village, leading a group of cute newbies who are less than LV3 to pull a team, and finally exploded the LV10 elite boss.
This metaphor may not be appropriate, but it is definitely vivid enough.
It is not uncommon for similar situations to happen, no matter what line of business it is, there can occasionally be some stories that have become a blockbuster without making a name.
But even so, this time it was a bit too abrupt.
The research team just claimed to have done it, but did not give any visible results.
However, even if there are many doubts, not everyone arbitrarily believes that this matter must be false.
After all, it is a team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it is still funded by a national key scientific research project. The consequences of falsifying results may be more serious than no results.
It is precisely because of this that for a time, whether it is academia or industry, there are different opinions on the achievement claimed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
On the forum of a well-known domestic university, engineering dogs majoring in integrated circuit design almost broke their heads because of this news.
【really! How come you can't even show the results, do you treat people like fools? 90 qubits, or a standard quantum computer using a quantum gate circuit, this is so good that Google's quantum annealing algorithm has to be stepped into the dirt. I think most of them are cheating money again! 】
[Impossible, this is the research team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and I think it is still a national key scientific research project. 】
[What's wrong with the key scientific research projects? Has it been twenty years since Hanxin happened? Such a bad memory! 】
[Can you not mention that? 】
【Hey, if all our scientists could be as realistic as Academician Lu. 】
[Frauding money is all over the world, not just us! It is not bad to be able to feed 1.5 billion people! 】
Because the debate is too heated, in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, the forum administrators are not allowed to come forward and start limiting the topic.
The quarrel that took place on the forum is just a microcosm of the discussion on this topic on the entire Internet.
Similar debates don't just happen in a university forum, from scarves to penguin colonies, it seems that people's voices talking about this matter can be seen everywhere.
In addition to these lay voices, similar debates are also taking place in the technical field.
It’s just that relatively speaking, the voices of these debates are relatively rational and professional, and they mainly focus on the practical sense.
For example, at a recent Internet Security Summit, experts from the Information Security Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences pointed out that the ever-growing quantum computers may pose a threat to information security and must be dealt with in advance.
In the discussion on this topic, many people have put forward some constructive suggestions.
And what was repeatedly mentioned was exactly what Lu Zhou mentioned in the letter he sent to Chang'an Avenue - replacing a more secure encryption algorithm.
Meanwhile, across the Pacific Ocean.
In the Microsoft headquarters building, Nadella is sitting in the CEO's office, frowning, and meticulously looking at the report in his hand.
The matter of quantum computers has been raging on the Internet, not only in Huaguo, but also in North America.
The vast majority of people think that there is a high probability that this matter is an oolong, or it is a fake.
But others can think so simply, but Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, dare not take this matter lightly.
So far, the country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean has created too many miracles that left him dumbfounded.
At this time, the door of the office opened, and a tall and thin man walked in.
If someone who is engaged in research in the direction of quantum computing stands here, he will be surprised.
This man is none other than the director of the Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center...or the former director, Professor Smit.
From the current point of view, it is obvious that Professor Smit is working for Microsoft. There is nothing strange about this in itself, but there is no news about this in the industry at all.
"You looking for me?"
"Yes," put down the report in his hand, Nadella looked at Professor Smit standing at the door, and said, "What do you think of the quantum computer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently?"
"The one with 90 qubits?" A hint of sarcasm appeared on his face. Professor Smit pushed down his glasses and said bluntly, "They are living in a dream."
Hearing this, Nadella raised his eyebrows slightly.
"oh?"
Looking at the questioning expression on Nadella's face, Professor Smit continued in an unquestionable tone.
"No one knows the Majorana fermion technology route better than us. We are at the forefront of the world in this direction. It is impossible to achieve 90 qubits with the current technology. This is no longer a technical bottleneck. , but a theoretical bottleneck! If they can really do it, then we can at least see how they solve the problem of quantum entanglement collapse from a theoretical level.”
This is not a problem that can be solved simply by reducing noise.
If there is such an easy solution, this topic will not be carried out so slowly.
Nadella frowned.
"You mean...they're bragging?"
"That's probably the case!"
Looking at the determined expression on Professor Smit's face, although Nadella was relieved, he felt that the worry that was pressing on his heart could not be completely let go.
After Professor Smit left, he almost obsessively checked the report in his hand, especially the list of members of the research team that his subordinates had spent a lot of effort to collect. , and try to find a familiar name on it.
However, no matter how much he checked every letter, he couldn't find the name that made Silicon Valley talk about it.
Is it really a bluff?
Looking at the sky outside the office window, Nadella suddenly became undecided.
However, he had a premonition somewhere.
Every choice I make next may affect Microsoft's future in this race about quantum computers...