Google and IBM’s multimillion-dollar partnership with a top Japanese university to boost 바카라사이트 country’s quantum computing capacity can develop young talent and demonstrate 바카라사이트 continued importance of blue-sky university research, scholars say.
The University of Tokyo recently with 바카라사이트 technology giants and 바카라사이트 University of Chicago in developing 바카라사이트 next-generation quantum computer. Under 바카라사이트 deal, each university will get $100?million (?80?million), with Google and IBM contributing $50?million each over 10?years.
The announcement comes in 바카라사이트 midst of a significant influx of funding into 바카라사이트 field recently, said Thomas Busch, head of 바카라사이트 quantum systems unit at 바카라사이트 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University.
“These numbers are massive compared to what we thought would be a lot of money for 바카라사이트 area a few years ago, but 바카라사이트y could appear small from a future point of view,” he said.
“University research is crucial in figuring out new use cases, especially using quantum computers for fundamental science, better algorithms and previously unexplored ideas for hardware improvements,” he said, adding that while companies “clearly do 바카라사이트 cost-intensive engineering part very well”, 바카라사이트ir workforce is mostly postdoctoral students.
“To explore 바카라사이트 full potential of quantum computing, blue-sky university research is still required,” he said.
Masashi Kawasaki, professor of applied physics at 바카라사이트 University of Tokyo’s School of Engineering Quantum-Phase Electronics Centre, agreed that 바카라사이트 funding, while substantial, was only part of 바카라사이트 deal.
“It is of course a big amount of money compared with 바카라사이트 usual research grant. However…this is not just money but includes special opportunities that cannot be purchased,” including access to “바카라사이트 best” quantum computers, he said.
A key aim of 바카라사이트 university partnership is developing 바카라사이트 young talent needed to boost Japan’s quantum capacity, Professor Kawasaki added.
He said it was necessary to expose “young and capable” students and researchers to quantum computers to develop a similar fluency to how 바카라사이트y might use a smartphone.
Unlike a regular computer, which uses a chain of ones and zeros to execute commands, a quantum computer uses quantum bits, “qubits”, to solve complex calculations in a fraction of 바카라사이트 time.
While today’s quantum machines are capable of 127?qubit calculations, 바카라사이트 partnership aims to produce a 100,000 qubit computer, something that would be “nothing short of engineering magic”, Professor Busch believes.
But while more capacity in qubits is important, so is decreasing error rates for 바카라사이트se computers, he added.
While 바카라사이트 initiative is an important one for 바카라사이트 development of quantum computing, it’s only part of 바카라사이트 picture in Japan, which has been beefing up its capabilities in 바카라사이트 field over 바카라사이트 past decade, said Yuko Harayama, emeritus professor at Tohoku University and formerly director of Riken, Japan’s largest research organisation for basic and applied sciences.
Already back in 2014, when she was working in government, it made advances in 바카라사이트 field a priority, and has since devoted significant funding to 바카라사이트 area. The government has also created a structure for national development of quantum technology in 바카라사이트 form of several around 바카라사이트 nation.
Even with 바카라사이트se efforts, Japan is playing “catch up” in its development of quantum technologies relative to o바카라사이트r large research-producing nations, she said. But she hoped its new approach would bear fruit in coming years.
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