Quantum Computing Race

Intel Takes Next Step Toward Building Scalable Silicon-Based Quantum...

Intel just finished assembling their new EUV lithography machine, which they spent a lot of time and money researching. Its the ultimate lithography machine, capable of creating the most detailed features imaginable, down to within a few molecules. To put it in perspective, most bacteria are 100-1,000nm and they are going down to the single nanometer and below with this new machine.

Anyway, this new chip they slapped together on their new toy, leverages electron spins for a cheap easy to brute force chip they can mass produce, and give to every research lab with a security clearance. Its a superconducting chip that requires liquid nitrogen, but that means every lab in the world can operate one. Their current superconducting chip only has 12 qubits, and these chips could contain hundreds, which is enough to crunch the numbers for anything imaginable. Intel has basically officially started the race.