On the first day of April, something big happened in the computer industry.

The quantum computer research team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences suddenly announced in a high-profile manner that it has made significant progress in the research of quantum computers! The research team leader claims that they have developed a quantum computer processor based on carbon-based semiconductor technology, which will be unprecedented and groundbreaking compared to other current research results in the field of quantum computers.

According to relevant sources, the processor mainly applies some of the characteristics of Majorana fermions, and the performance has reached 90 qubits so far.

When the incident just happened, many scientific research dogs engaged in the field of integrated circuit design and information technology research had just finished their weekend vacation and came to work with sleepy eyes.

When they saw this news through various channels, many people subconsciously glanced at the calendar and confirmed that today was not the 4th, and only then did they show a surprised expression on their faces.

A quantum computer with 90 qubits!

Why is this going to heaven?

After learning about the situation, almost all people who are engaged in research in related fields, which are only a little bit of a margin, began to frantically search for relevant research results in databases.

However, to the disappointment of many people, they could not find a single paper about this "90-qubit" other than that news.

Not even a thesis.

Even this research team seems to have jumped out of a rock, and many people have never heard of it before. Except for the academic leader, who is still a little bit of a talent and has published a few papers in the field of quantum computing, others are in a hurry to find a few papers that can be used in one area.

This feeling is like a lv5 "big brother" in the novice village, with a group of newcomers who are less than lv3 to pull a team, and as a result, the elite boss of lv10 is exploded.

This analogy may be inappropriate, but it is certainly graphic.

It's not uncommon for people to be in a similar situation, and no matter what line it is, there are occasional stories that don't make a splash or become a blockbuster.

However, even so, this time it was too abrupt.

The research team only claimed to have done it, but did not give any tangible results.

However, even if there are many doubts, not everyone arbitrarily believes that this is necessarily a fake.

After all, it is the team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it is still funded by national key scientific research projects, and the consequences of falsifying the results may be more serious than no results.

It is precisely for this reason that for a while, both the academic and industrial circles have different opinions on the achievement announced by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

At the forum of a well-known university in China, the engineering dogs majoring in integrated circuit design have almost broken their heads because of this news.

[Fake! Why can't you even get the results, and treat people for fools? 90 qubits, or a standard quantum computer with a quantum gate circuit, would have to trample Google's quantum annealing algorithm into the dirt. I think it's probably a fraud again! 】

[Impossible, this is the research team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and I think it is still a national key scientific research project. 】

[What's wrong with key scientific research projects, hasn't it been 20 years since Hanxin? Bad memory! 】

[Can you not mention that?] 】

[Hey, if only our scientists could seek truth from facts like Academician Lu. 】

[There are cheating funds all over the world, and it's not just us! It's good enough to be able to feed 1.5 billion people! 】

Due to the heated debate, in order to prevent the situation from getting out of hand, the moderators of the forum are not allowed to come forward and start restricting the topic.

The quarrel that took place on the forum is just a microcosm of the discussion on this topic on the entire network.

Similar controversies aren't just happening in forums at a university, from the scarf to the penguin colony, where people can be seen talking about it.

And in addition to these layman's voices, a similar debate has taken place in the field of technology.

It's just that relatively speaking, the voices of these arguments are relatively rational and professional, and they are mainly focused on the practical sense.

For example, at a recent Internet Security Summit, experts from the Information Security Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggested that the growing development of quantum computers may pose a threat to information security, and that it is necessary to respond to them in advance.

In the discussion on this topic, many people have put forward some constructive suggestions.

And what has been repeatedly mentioned is the replacement of a more secure encryption algorithm mentioned by Lu Zhou in the letter sent to Chang'an Avenue.

At the same time, across the Pacific Ocean.

In the building of Microsoft's headquarters, Nadella sits in the CEO's office, frowning, meticulously looking at the report in his hand.

The quantum computer issue has caused a stir on the Internet, not only in China, but also in North America.

The vast majority of people believe that this matter is most likely an oolong, or it is artificially faked.

But others can think so simply, Nadella, as the CEO of Microsoft, does not dare to take this matter lightly.

So far, the country across the Pacific has done so many miracles that he will be jaw-dropping.

At that moment, the office door opened, and a tall, thin man walked in.

It would be surprising if someone who is working in the field of quantum computing is standing here.

This man is none other than the director of the Lockheed Martin Center for Quantum Computing...... Or the former director, Professor Smit.

At the moment, Professor Schmit is clear that he is working for Microsoft, which is not surprising in itself, but there is no news about it in the industry.

"You're looking for me?"

"Yes," Nadella put down the report in his hand, looked at Professor Smitt standing at the door, and said, "What do you think of the recent quantum computer from the Chinese Academy of Sciences?" ”

"The one with 90 qubits?" With a hint of sarcasm on his face, Professor Smit pushed down his glasses and said unceremoniously, "They're living in a dream." ”

Hearing this, Nadella raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Oh?"

Looking at the inquiring look on Nadella's face, Professor Smit continued in an unquestioning tone.

"No one knows the Majorana fermions better than we do, and in this direction we are at the forefront of the world, and it is impossible to achieve 90 qubits with current technology. This is no longer a technical bottleneck, but a theoretical bottleneck! If they can do it, then we can at least see how they solve the problem of quantum entangled state collapse at a theoretical level. ”

This is not a problem that can be solved by simply reducing noise.

If it had been solved so well, this project would not have progressed so slowly.

Nadella frowned.

"What do you mean...... Are they bragging? ”

"Chances are!"

Looking at the determined expression on Professor Smit's face, although Nadella breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he felt that the worry that was pressing on his heart could not be completely put down.

After Professor Smit was gone, he went over and over the report in his hand, almost obsessively, and in particular the list of members of the research team that his subordinates had worked so hard to gather, and tried to find a familiar name on it.

However, even though he checked every letter, he couldn't find the name that changed the color of Silicon Valley's conversation.

Is it really a bluff?

Looking at the sky outside the office window, Nadella suddenly couldn't make up his mind.

However, he had a premonition in the dark.

Every choice you make next could affect Microsoft's future in this race for quantum computers......