Chapter 136: Chapters 136, 137 New Script (Extra updates x2 for monthly votes) Chapter 136: Chapters 136, 137 New Script (Extra updates x2 for monthly votes) Lantern Nation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Quantum Computing Research Institute.
Dr. Becker and researchers from companies like Google, IBM, Intel and others congregated here.
They ca to solve the problem of quantum computing, and previously, many of their companies were competitors.
But today, they discarded competition in favor of collaboration, united by one goal: to seize quantum supremacy!
The main driver, as always, was Becker.
After the fiasco of Terahertz communication technology, Becker had vanished from dia, undergoing a reputation cleansing, only recently regaining so credibility.
“Ladies and gentlen, if we continue with our old approach, competing in technological research speed alongside Shen Zhou, we can’t guarantee victory,” Becker spoke diplomatically. “They can harness the full strength of their national scientific research, while we might not cooperate so seamlessly.”
Everyone knew, coming from different countries, companies, and research institutes, how could they possibly cooperate without reservations?
“Therefore, we need to adopt a new plan,” Becker said. “We will collaborate with Shen Zhou’s scientific institutions, with He Xingzhou!”
“Collaborate with He Xingzhou?” everyone was puzzled. “If we are to collaborate with them, why are we even uniting together?”
“Right, they may not even agree!”
“Dr. Becker, what exactly are you thinking?” the crowd wondered.
Becker chuckled, “There are many ways to collaborate!”
“In the field of quantum computing, quantum bits (qubits) that store quantum information (mory and entanglent states) inevitably suffer from environntal noise. Thus, during computation, qubits will randomly make errors, causing fatal effects on the computation results, and the probability of errors increases with the scale of the system. This is what’s called fault quantum gates!”
“Quantum gates an that quantum computers will err, the more calculations you perform, the worse the errors beco! Therefore, designing a quantum error correction sche is an issue that restricts every quantum computer researcher! Shen Zhou, undoubtedly, faces this issue too!”
Everyone nodded, understanding that this problem still lacks a perfect solution.
Becker continued, “What if we propose a solution and announce it?”
“Do we already have a solution?” a researcher curiously asked.
“No,” Becker bluntly stated, but smilingly added, “What we have is a plan that seems to be correct!”
“As long as we announce it, He Xingzhou and his team will inevitably refer to it. If they pursue this plan and spend substantial ti, effort, and money only to discover they are on the wrong research path.”
“At that ti, we will triumph without fighting!” Becker declared.
Another expert asked, “How can you ensure they will adopt our plan?”
Becker confidently replied, “Because no one knows the perfect quantum error correction sche! And the plan I will propose is most deceptive; we realized it was flawed after over a decade of research!”
“In the field of quantum computing, there is no prior experience to rely on. At this mont, proposing a solution is like casting a mirage in the desert to a traveler dying of thirst; they will walk into it without looking back!”
“This move is truly ruthless!” the crowd exclaid in awe.
Becker imdiately began implenting his plan, throwing a high-profile press conference, inviting many guests, and specifically inviting Shen Zhou dia, and even sending an invitation to He Xingzhou—although he knew He Xingzhou would certainly not attend.
During the press conference, Becker announced to the world, “Today, humanity stands at the juncture between an old and a new technological era, a juncture that might obstruct us for ten, a hundred, or even a thousand years!”
“And the quantum computer is humanity’s weapon to break through this technological impasse!”
“Thus, today I unite with the world’s top quantum computing experts to research quantum computing technology.”
“I believe that science should know no borders, every scientist must set aside prejudices and closely cooperate together.”
“Previously, I had so disputes with Shen Zhou’s Dr. He Xingzhou. Now, I am willing to set aside my prejudices and invite Dr. He Xingzhou and his team to join us in researching quantum computing technology!”
Becker’s speech baffled the dia who initially thought he was challenging He Xingzhou again, but he was actually inviting him to collaborate?
An imdiate dia statent said, “Dr. Becker is a selfless and great scientist, prioritizing scientific advancent, disregarding past grievances!”
“A true scientist cares for all humanity!”
“Dr. Becker states he is willing to share achievents in the field of quantum computing with Shen Zhou!”
“To show my sincerity!” Becker continued, “Here, I will share an important technology.”
“That is solving quantum gate error with quantum error correction technology, our team designed and manufactured a tunable coupler that allows researchers to open/close the interaction between two qubits to control their operation while protecting the fragile qubits.”
“Its error response chanism will improve the error rates of two-qubit gates… we have published all the technical information in research papers, and we welco Dr. He Xingzhou to explore together!”
“Thank you, thank you all!”
Becker’s remarks sparked cheers from the audience.
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