Qianshi (quantum computer)

2022: Device Announcement

On August 25, 2022, the Chinese company Baidu, developing the search engine of the same name (the largest in the PRC), introduced its first quantum computer. It was named Qianshi.

As reported Reuters with reference to the Baidu statement, the created system has 10-. qubit processor At the same time, the company has already developed a 36-qubit version.

Baidu unveils its first quantum computer

According to the developers, the feature of Qianshi is that the computer combines a hardware platform with its own Baidu software stack. In addition to this infrastructure, there are many practical quantum applications such as quantum algorithms. They are used to develop new materials for lithium batteries or simulate protein folding.

Qianshi is an important step for Baidu, which has already shown significant progress in other disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence and self-driving cars, according to leading analyst and Futurum founder Daniel Newman.

{{quote 'Is this important to Baidu? Yes. Will this computer be immediately useful for solving extremely complex problems? Probably not, "he said, explaining that by August 2022, quantum computing is used predominantly in experiments and has only recently become useful in practice. }} According to Reuters, by mid-2022, governments and companies around the world have been paying great attention to the development of quantum computers for several years - new devices for high-speed computing that operate at low temperatures and allow achieving unprecedented data processing speed in certain tasks. However, real achievements in this area are still very modest and are represented by a small group of devices at an early stage of development, the news agency points out.^[1]

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