International Electronic Business News According to the news recently released by the Shenzhen Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering, in order to improve the scientific research capability in quantum computing and other fields, the Institute has decided to establish an integrated circuit and electronics center to attach itself to the direction of quantum computing.
Quantum Research Institute said that it planned to build an integrated circuit design and cryogenic electronics platform with an area of 255 square meters. The core engineering and technical problems faced by the college in quantum computing and other fields include: integrated circuit design, measurement and control system development, and RF/microwave device development. Among them, in terms of devices, the Center will be committed to solving the 'choke' key devices; In low-temperature electronics, the Center plans to design low-temperature integrated circuits; In terms of measurement and control systems, the Center will promote the research and development of general measurement and control systems that support large-scale quantum bits, as well as engineering development tasks in fields such as quantum sensing and advanced instrument research and development.
According to the data, Shenzhen Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering is one of the top ten basic research institutions for scientific and technological innovation in Shenzhen. Focusing on the strategic positioning of giving priority to the development of national 'quantum science and technology', it was established in January 2018 with the special support of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission and the construction of South University of Science and Technology.
At present, the Institute has about 70 full-time researchers, 22 part-time researchers and more than 30 post doctors. Shenzhen Institute of Quantum Science and Engineering has undertaken many major national, provincial and municipal R&D plans and is striving to build itself into an international research center for quantum physics and quantum information science.
The term 'quantum' refers to a number of technologies that strengthen 'quantum mechanics' in this emerging field, which can be used to develop computing, communication, sensing, pharmaceutical, chemical and material research fields. Physicists also put forward another set of expressions for quantum mechanics to explain strange new phenomena, such as quantum interference and entanglement, which can make particles far apart interact.
If we can strengthen the quantum mechanical properties of materials, quantum technology may break through the boundaries of classical physics and provide a new way of information processing, which is not only faster and more resource efficient, but also enables us to calculate results that cannot be obtained in past research, such as the formation of proteins, or predict the complex behavior of financial systems.
In the field of communication, the main advantages of quantum computing are secure communication and distributed entanglement capabilities. Entanglement effect is a quantum mechanical effect that can strengthen the computing and sensing capabilities, and quantum networks can disperse the entanglement effect, thus promoting the establishment of networks composed of quantum sensors or quantum computers. Like the CPU cluster used by distributed computing, we can also establish a distributed quantum processing unit (QPU) cluster for quantum computing.
If successful, it is expected to see a major breakthrough in quantum computing in the next 10 years; However, if we continue to encounter new challenges or cannot find a way to overcome quantum computing errors, we have to turn our attention to achievable goals, such as making quantum simulators that can solve more problems, rather than general quantum computers.
In scientific research, the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2022 was awarded to scientists Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their 'experiments with entangled photons, which established the violation of Bell's inequality and created quantum information science'. The single prize of the Nobel Prize in 2022 will be SEK 10 million (about RMB 6428000).
The three scientists conducted groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states. In an entangled quantum state, even if two particles are separated, they also behave like a single unit. Their research results have cleared the way for new technologies based on quantum information.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work laid the foundation for a new era of quantum technology.
'It is increasingly clear that a new quantum technology is emerging. We can see that the research of the winners on entangled states is very important, and even goes beyond explaining the basic problems of quantum mechanics,' said Anders Irbeck, chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee for Physics.
China is also actively recruiting talents in quantum technology, including academicians. On October 16, 2020, during the 24th collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xue Qikun, then vice president of Tsinghua University and academician of the CAS Member, explained this issue and put forward opinions and suggestions.
Later, on the evening of November 19, 2020, the official website of South University of Science and Technology disclosed that Xue Qikun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the former vice president of Tsinghua University, had become the new president of South University of Science and Technology.
Xue Qikun is a well-known scientist in the field of condensed matter physics. In 2019, Xue Qikun won the only first prize in the National Natural Science Awards of the year for his 'experimental discovery of quantum anomalous Hall effect', and was rated as a 'Nobel Prize' level scientific discovery by Mr. Yang Zhenning.
Among the leading scientific and technological Internet enterprises, Google, IBM, Honeywell, Microsoft, Intel and others all focus on the layout of quantum technology. Major countries and regions, including China, the United States, Japan, Europe and others, increase the economic investment in the development of quantum technology.
At home, Alibaba, Baidu and others have also launched their own quantum computers. In recent years, nine quantum computing enterprises have obtained financing, and five of them have raised more than 100 million yuan, including Quantum Spin Technology, Turing Quantum, Huayi Quantum, Unmagnetized Technology, and Primitive Quantum.
In September this year, Northern Leike launched the world's first 'Beidou Quantum Mobile Phone'. It is reported that this mobile phone, through the integration of Beidou technology and quantum technology, adopts the internationally first Beidou quantum communication and encryption integration technology, supports all-weather and all-time information transmission, and has the ability of 'no card change, no number change, no operator limited' 4G/5G/Beidou short message adaptive quantum encryption communication.
However, some people believe that 'any product with the word' quantum 'is a liar.'
From a broad perspective, quantum technology has a broad market. Quantum computing has many applications in the field of electric vehicles and energy, said Nir Minerbi, CEO and co-founder of Classiq, 'There are two main directions: optimization and material science. The optimization of quantum drive will help to design a better energy distribution network, save energy by optimizing transportation, and optimize the supply chain. The material science of quantum drive will produce better (lighter but larger capacity) electric vehicle batteries, and help to reduce energy consumption in chemical processes such as Haber Bosch.'
There are also many enterprises that use 'quantum technology' projects to generate money.
In July this year, Jinhua Yiwu police cracked a fraud case under the banner of 'quantum cryptography high-tech', and the victims were mainly the elderly. The 'quantum shoes' with a pair of 3000 yuan launched by the company claim to be able to get through the meridians, activate cells, eliminate toxins, and obtain the company's equity rebate when purchased.
Others scientifically explained that feng shui and other cheating phenomena with 'quantum technology' emerged one after another by 'using quantum entanglement principle to make crops absorb more fertilizer and pests can't lay eggs'.
According to the data of Tianyan Survey, there are nearly 4200 enterprises with a business scope of 'quantum' in China at present. In addition to the companies that are really engaged in quantum technology and supporting the industrial chain, there are many companies that make money in the name of 'quantum'.
As for the future prospect of quantum computing, 'as far as the specific application of quantum technology is concerned, the medical and pharmaceutical fields have attracted most people's attention,' Mounier said, 'However, it will take many years, even 20 to 30 years, for the real widespread application. Quantum computing will be able to be used in drug development in 5 to 10 years, and there will be identified candidate drugs. For drug discovery, it will be ready in 10 to 20 years. After the adoption of quantum computing in the pharmaceutical industry, other applications may follow: energy, chemistry, transportation, banking and finance may adopt quantum computing in the next 10 years Calculation. '
'Quantum computing will become the core pillar of any serious computing architecture,' Minerbi said. 'Like CPU and GPU, quantum processor unit [QPU] will become the key component of any data center. Together with CPU and GPU, these QPUs will solve problems that traditional computers can never solve, thus bringing huge social benefits.'