Successfully developed the world's first quantum computer.

Chinese scientists have successfully built the world's first quantum computer, surpassing other traditional computers and paving the way for a quantum computing era for humanity.

According to Business Insider, scientists at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Science and Technology officially announced this significant achievement last Wednesday. They believe that quantum computers will soon surpass the processing power of current supercomputers because, theoretically, the processing on a quantum computer is similar to reading all the books in a library at once, while the processing on a conventional computer is similar to reading books one after another.

According to scholar Pan Jianwei, a leading quantum physicist at the Institute, quantum computing exploits the fundamental principle of quantum superposition to enable parallel computations and activate simulated functions at ultra-fast speeds.

The processing power of quantum computers also increases exponentially with the number of controllable quanta.

On a conventional silicon chip, data is represented in two states: 0 or 1. However, in a quantum computer, data can be in both states simultaneously, thus containing a much larger amount of information.

The processing power of quantum computers also increases exponentially with the number of controllable quantum particles, thus effectively solving extremely large-scale calculations beyond the capabilities of current conventional computers.

Because of the immense potential of quantum computers, Europe and the United States are currently actively collaborating on research, with major technology companies such as Google, Microsoft, and IBM showing extreme interest in quantum computing research.

Currently, a research team from China is investigating three technical issues: single-photon-based systems, ultracold atoms, and supersemiconductor circuits. They believe that the ability to control multi-particle entanglement is at the core of quantum computing technology and is also the focus of quantum computing research worldwide. Their team has already successfully studied the world's first entangled photons in states 5, 6, 8, and 10.

It should be added that, although research has progressed significantly over the past two decades, building quantum computers that can truly outperform current computers in certain computations remains a major challenge.

According to Khoahoc.tv