SCI-TECHNOLOGY | Revolutionary China quantum computer sparks innovation
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HEFEI (ANN/CHINA DAILY) – China’s state-of-the-art third-generation superconducting quantum computer, Origin Wukong, commenced operations at Origin Quantum Computing Technology (Hefei) Co Ltd in Anhui province, East China, on Saturday.
Fuelled by the Wukong, a 72-qubit domestic superconducting quantum chip, it stands as China’s most advanced programmable and deployable quantum computing system, as asserted by researchers.
Kong Weicheng, deputy director of the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center, noted that the computer is integrated with the third-generation quantum computing control system, which enhances the overall operational efficiency of the quantum computer by many times.
Jia Zhilong, deputy director of the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center’s Quantum Computing Chip Provincial Key Laboratory, said the Wukong chip has 198 qubits, comprising 72 computational qubits and 126 coupler qubits.
Wukong’s name was inspired by Sun Wukong, a mythical Chinese figure with the ability to transform into 72 different forms, symbolising the computer’s powerful and versatile capabilities.
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