Japan’s Riken Research Institute plans to implement quantum computing by 2025, thanks to the Fugaku supercomputer.
At the Riken Institute, they want to “entrust” basic computing operations to a quantum computer, and Fugaku’s job will be to organize the output and check for errors, Nikkei Asia reports.
Although quantum computing can process data at tremendous speeds (100 million times faster than supercomputers), they must be kept in extremely cold conditions and can produce errors. That’s why the Japanese decided on such a joint integration with Fugaku that would correct these mistakes. In addition to outpacing its competitors in the emerging quantum computing market, Riken will also actively partner with an alliance of companies including giant Toyota Motor, Hitachi and Sony Group.
In 2019, Google’s quantum computer computed test data in just 3 minutes, while supercomputers would take 10,000 years to do the same. The fact is that even an ordinary computer, even a supercomputer, transmits and processes information in bits in two alternate states: 0 and 1. A quantum computer can simultaneously calculate data in two states.
Google has set the audacious goal of building an infallible quantum computer by 2029. Riken is poised to outperform Google with a “hybrid” approach.
And this rival couple is not alone. Amazon and Nvidia are already breathing through top to bottom betting on hybrid-quantum computing. IBM has already built a quantum computer in Kawasaki, Japan. Citizens from Fujitsu Riken usually want to present a prototype of a quantum computer in 2023.
The EU also joined the race and chose 6 sites (in Germany, Italy and France) where quantum computers would integrate with supercomputers.
Such efforts are by no means unprofitable. Analysts from Boston Consulting Group believe that by 2040, quantum computing will bring companies up to $850 billion in net profits per year.
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