You say you have an iron will, are you serious?

Chapter 515 Quantum Supremacy
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After hanging up the phone, Academician Pan was speechless for a long time.

He didn't expect that just after he won the first prize of the National Natural Science Award, the other party would give him a "boost"!
This time, the first prize in natural sciences is a combination of strength and luck, because the results of the last first prize in natural sciences, "Computational Transparency," in the field of computing, are actually not very convincing, and many people have opinions. Therefore, this year we need to win an award with a heavyweight result to re-boost the value of the "First Prize in Natural Science".

However, even if luck is involved, before and after winning the award, he believed that his team's research in quantum communication was the world's leading.

So far, he has achieved 10 optical qubits and 10 superconducting qubits!
In the first half of 2015, Google's cooperation with the University of Santa Barbara and NASA only achieved 9 superconducting qubits, one less than him.

Unexpectedly, shortly after winning the award, he heard Jason Yang say that they had achieved 18 superconducting qubits, which was 8 more superconducting qubits than his latest research, almost double!

In less than half a year, is the progress so rapid?

You know, before he achieved 10 superconducting qubits, he achieved 8 superconducting qubits, and the rate of progress was only 2.

Santa Barbara's one-time improvement reached 9 points?

He did not doubt that Jason Yang was deceiving him, because there was no need.

Whether it is 10 superconducting qubits or 18 superconducting qubits, they are all in the research stage and are still far away from real quantum computer applications.

The scientific community predicts that to achieve a true quantum computer, at least one million qubits will be needed!
Now there are only 10 or 18, how far is it from a million? ? ?

This gap is not that big!
"America's technical strength is still there~"

Academician Pan murmured to himself and began to think about how to surpass the achievement of 18 superconducting qubits in the next step.

The so-called superconducting qubits refer to qubits based on superconducting circuits. The working principle is to use the Josephson junction to control the interaction between qubits. It has high fidelity and is currently believed by the scientific community to be able to achieve large-scale qubits. A route to quantum computing at scale.

There are some differences from his optical qubits.

Optical qubits are qubits based on photon technology, which operate on photons. Based on the characteristics of photons, optical qubits have high transmission speed and low noise level, and are currently considered the best quantum communication route by the scientific community.

Different routes point to different applications.

It doesn't matter whether it's high or low, whether it's advanced or backward, it just depends on how it is applied.

He goes hand in hand on these two routes. After all, the principles of qubits are the same.

Based on the rapid development of the country in recent years, especially in classical computers, we have overtaken America and achieved the achievement of leading the world in artificial intelligence. Academician Pan visited the Artificial Intelligence Research Center and saw the power of the "Light of China", so he did not think that he would lose to America in quantum communication research.

Therefore, Jason Yang's words only made him sigh with emotion. It was impossible to influence him, let alone persuade him to go to Santa Barbara to engage in quantum communication research.

Life in this world is nothing more than fame and fortune.

Li, he is now free of wealth and has no shortage of it.

name?
He still lacks something. After all, he only won the first prize in natural science. He is still far away from building a quantum computer, and even further away from the achievements of Qian Lao and Zhao Mo.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to abandon this place and go to the Santa Barbara campus in order to study the subject he wants. That is a decision he would make only after losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds.

As for being surpassed by the Santa Barbara branch, it can only be said that America's background is still very strong, and it is worthy of being the only superpower in the world. But that’s it. Now domestic scientists have completely lived up to their expectations, and many people have a sentiment: “The scientific research we want to do is to lead the world, including of course leading America.”

I don’t know who brought this anger. It should be Academician Ma who is engaged in electromagnetic guns, or Academician Zhao who is engaged in controllable nuclear fusion~
As for saying this is related to "quantum supremacy", he doesn't even care.

This hasn't even started yet, and you're here to dominate?
Don't talk about those imaginary things, and don't talk about ultra-difficult things like quantum computers that you, America, can't realize. Do you have the ability to try the entire quantum communication satellite in advance?

The "Mozi" he leads has been tested and is just waiting to be launched into space!

What about America?
no response!
What's the point of hegemony? Hegemony is almost the same!
"18 superconducting qubits? This Google is indeed too powerful~"

Sitting in the same car with Academician Pan was Professor Lu, a core member of his team. The two were partners and had a teacher-student relationship. Academician Pan quickly told him the matter, and then he also sighed, but then said : "We need to create new high-performance quantum dot single-photon sources!"

After thinking for a while, Academician Pan nodded in agreement: "You are right!"

"As for superconducting qubits~"

Professor Lu hesitated for a moment, and when he was about to speak, his phone suddenly vibrated, and then the screen lit up with a message.

Professor Lu was startled. He subconsciously unlocked the phone with his fingerprint, then clicked on the message to read it.

It was a team member who sent a WeChat message: "I saw information on the science and technology side. Someone in Academician Zhao's research team at Pudaokou applied for research projects related to light quantum and superconducting quantum!" "Huh?"

Professor Lu's eyes widened immediately, and he quickly showed the message on his phone to Academician Pan.

"Academician Zhao?"

Academician Pan, who was confused, was shocked when he saw the message. He did not expect to see such a message at this time.

Except for Zhao Mo, there is no other academician at Wudaokou Zhao.

He never expected that Zhao Mo would quietly enter the research field of quantum communication and computing. This is a huge event!

Neither of them would be surprised by anyone who entered this research field, but Zhao Mo was different. This guy had never failed in the research field he entered.

It is said that the "Light of China" of the Artificial Intelligence Research Center was finally completed thanks to Zhao Mo's algorithms and architecture.

This news is not true, but it can also be seen that everyone has trust in Zhao Mo, which is all-round.

Research on quantum communication and computing is very different from research in other fields, but these are not enough to stump Zhao Mo!
What Professor Lu wanted to say just now disappeared without a trace, and he immediately asked Academician Pan: "Shall we visit Academician Zhao tomorrow?"

Academician Pan thought for a while, shook his head and replied: "Let's investigate the situation clearly first, and don't rush it. Academician Zhao's current main work is dark matter research, and it may not be related to that."

Although Professor Lu did not think that research related to light quanta and superconducting quanta would be related to dark matter, he was not sure about Zhao Mo, so he agreed: "That's okay~"

……

Time flies and it’s New Year’s Eve.

This is the tenth year since Zhao Mo was reborn!

This year's Chinese New Year is a little different than in previous years. His status in academia and in the entire history of mankind has risen to a big level. More people wish him a happy Spring Festival.

Many people from abroad also sent congratulatory messages on the New Year's Day, and many countries and organizations even specifically mentioned him in their congratulatory messages to us.

A large number of problems have been solved and the rapid advancement of science and technology has made the entire society amidst increasingly intense restlessness and expectations.

In the past, everyone's consensus was that theory has reached a bottleneck. All the vigorous development we have now are just theories from a hundred years ago, and have not yet been updated. In the next step, the entire human race will be in trouble.

But now, people have a vague idea that we have been making progress, and are on the eve of a big explosion, and are about to go to the sea of ​​​​stars!

For Zhao Mo, who has made a huge contribution in this process, everyone's expectations are stronger, stronger than anyone else's expectations.

The people are naturally proud, and Zhao Mo also feels quite honored.

If you do this in science, you will have no regrets in your life.

After the New Year, after the Lantern Festival, classes started at Wudaokou.

The strong foundation plan passed the education department and was officially issued. There is no doubt that it triggered a big discussion across the country. People exclaimed that the era of "mathematics is king" has arrived!
Many people left messages on the Internet, "It should have been like this a long time ago", "Tears! I scored 145 in the college entrance examination, but my English score was 45, so I could only go to an ordinary undergraduate course. If I had left it this year~", "I was dragged down by English", " Being dragged down by the language”…

The vast majority of people are supportive.

Because of Zhao Mo’s continuous publicity for many years, the popularization of the importance of mathematics finally reached its climax with the “2016 Riemann Hypothesis Report Photo” incident! Nationwide, there is almost a consensus that “if we want to strengthen our country, we must be strong in mathematics”! Therefore, it is natural that the emergence of the “Strong Foundation Plan” will win overwhelming support.

Of course, regarding "look at Zhao Shen", "cultivate more Zhao Shen", "you think too much, still cultivate Zhao Shen? Can new Zhao Shen be produced if the math scores are good?", "Who said that it can't be cultivated? ?"... Wait for the big discussion, and the Internet is full of anger.

Hope is one thing, reality is another.

Noisy is healthier, so this discussion is left alone.

After Zhao Mo learned about the strong foundation plan, he was also pleased with the boldness of the above. Comprehensive development is indeed not in line with science. After all, human energy is limited. Specializing in one or two or three subjects is in line with science and the trend of development. of.

Then, within a few days, Academician Pan and Professor Lu, who are engaged in quantum research, found him and asked him about quantum communication and computing research.

"Academician Zhao, have you made a big breakthrough in this area?"

After a few words of greeting, Academician Pan told him what he knew, and then he couldn't wait to ask~
(End of this chapter)