What good is a newborn baby? Quantum tech in its infancy, but industry watchers see plenty of potential
The country’s investments into quantum technology 15 years ago have paved the way for a budding startup scene. Attracting investors is the next challenge.
A COMPUTER that runs at unimaginable speeds and cracks unsolvable problems – this is the next frontier of technology that countries, including Singapore, are racing towards.
The war is on to build “quantum computers” that, unlike traditional computers, are based on principles from the mind-bending field of quantum physics. In 2019, Google claimed that its quantum processor Sycamore took just three minutes and 20 seconds to perform a task that would have taken the world’s most powerful supercomputer 10,000 years.
The idea of achieving “quantum supremacy” has since captivated the world. Quantum computers and related technologies – such as quantum sensing and cryptography – could revolutionise everyday life in the same way computers and the In…
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