Chapter 573

In recent days, Director Philok has always had an uneasy feeling.

The source of this uneasy feeling is the quantum computer they are currently developing.

Although, the current situation is that IBM already occupies a leading position in the research and development of quantum computers.

With more than ten years of investment in large amounts of money and talent, IBM's quantum computer research and development has developed rapidly.

Google, which was originally the leader in the field of quantum computers, has gradually been caught up by IBM's quantum computing center, and the distance between the two has continued to widen.

IBM's quantum computer business is booming.

Looking around, it seems that there is no opponent to be found.

Therefore, after the successful development of the 25-qubit commercial quantum computer, IBM's executives did not choose to hide it, but announced the achievement to the world in a high-profile manner.

Its purpose is to let all countries in the world know that the era of 'quantum supremacy' that the world has dreamed of will soon be ushered in by IBM!

but……

Director Philok disapproved of IBM's senior management's approach of making research and development results public.

According to Director Philok, making a fortune silently is the best strategy.

It will take the first half of a year, but after the real quantum computer is successfully developed and the results are made public, the results will not be much worse.

On the contrary, as it is now, if one's research progress is exposed to the outside world and someone with an interest learns about it, I'm afraid it will only cause a lot of trouble.

After that incident, Director Philok often felt uneasy.

Especially in the past few days, the feeling of uneasiness and fear has become even stronger.

Therefore, when Kimi asked about the research plan for the next stage, Director Philok did not adopt the step-by-step stabilization strategy as usual, but asked Kimi to skip the twenty-nine qubits and directly proceed with the research and development of thirty qubits.

Work.

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In the office of the director of the IBM Quantum Computing Center, Kimi looked at the uneasy look on Director Philok's face and frowned slightly, "Are you worried about Google?"

Philok chose this radical strategy. In Kimi's opinion, Philok was probably worried that other research institutions would rush to complete the research and development of quantum computers before them.

In the field of quantum computer research and development, the only one that can pose a threat to IBM is the former overlord Google.

Facing Kimi's doubts, Director Philok shook his head gently, "No, it's not from Google."

Others may not know it, but Director Philok has an old friend of his in Google's quantum computer research and development team for many years.

Judging from the information revealed by that old friend, Director Philok knew that Google was really in decline.

Google, which was able to compete with IBM in the field of quantum computers, has been completely left behind by IBM after successive setbacks.

I heard that the number of qubits in IBM's quantum computer has not even reached twenty-five, so it certainly does not pose any threat to them.

"Not Google?" This time it was Kimi's turn to be stunned.

If it's not Google, where else could the threat come from?

Is it overseas?

But it shouldn’t be!

When it comes to the development of quantum computers, the United States and other countries in the world can be considered to be at a unique level.

After that, there are countries in the second level such as the United Kingdom, island countries, Germany, and China.

These second-tier countries are in the early to mid-stage of quantum computer development and can build quantum computers with two qubits and above.

As for the third level, which is still lower, it is in the early stages of quantum computer development and can at most develop a single qubit quantum computer.

What Kimi couldn't figure out was whether, in addition to the United States, there would be scientific research institutions from other countries that would pose a threat to their IBM Quantum Computing Center.

It shouldn’t, it shouldn’t!

Kimi looked at Director Philok, hoping to answer his doubts.

But Director Philok just shook his head slightly, "I can't tell where the threat comes from, I just have a vague feeling."

Kimi: "..."

Kimi was speechless for a moment.

I'm sorry you don't have any conclusive evidence, just a vague sixth sense!

Kimi suspected that Director Philok was just being overly cautious.

Now, their IBM Quantum Computing Center is only a few months away from the advent of a true quantum computer.

The only threatening rival, Google, suddenly lost control for unknown reasons.

Kimi didn't know how he could lose in such a sure-win situation.

Reality is not a novel, so there are so many miracles.

but……

After all, Director Philok is the head of the IBM Quantum Computing Center.

Director Philok's words are orders.

Since Director Philok has decided to skip the twenty-nine qubits and directly proceed with the research and development of the thirty-qubit superconducting chip, Kimi will of course choose to comply.

Anyway, Director Philok's decision resulted in no other losses except that the risk factor became slightly higher.

The jump from twenty-eight qubits to thirty qubits is not as big as imagined.

But once you can do it in one step, you can really save a lot of time.

Even if the fastest result occurs, it will take several months to start all over again.

Anyway, in Kimi's view, no other research institution will surpass them in progress within the next year.

In this case, it is not impossible to just wander around.

Having figured out the crux of the problem, Kimi nodded in compliance, "Okay, I will convey your decision to the other members of the expert team immediately."

Similar to the semiconductor quantum chip project team in China, the IBM Quantum Computing Center also has a core team of more than a dozen people.

These core members are called expert groups, all of which were recruited by IBM from major universities and top research institutes at great cost, and played a leading role in the project research and development process.

In addition to being the director of the research center, Director Philok is also the leader of this expert group, and Kimi is the deputy leader.

Director Philok nodded lightly, then stood up and patted Kimi on the shoulder, "Kimi, IBM's leadership has placed all its hopes on us, we must not let them down!"

Kimi smiled casually and said, "Director, I know that I will let the people at the research center take this matter seriously and strive to have quantum computers come out in our research center as soon as possible."

Director Philok nodded with a smile, "It's good if you understand clearly."

"Then I'll leave first."

"Okay, let's go."
Chapter completed!