on April 2, the reporter of "daily economic news" (hereinafter referred to as every reporter) learned from the website of Hefei public resources trading center that the bid winning results of Hefei excess integration computing center project were announced. Hefei Big Data Asset Operation Co., Ltd. will deploy two superconducting quantum computers and one ion trap quantum computer based on the "Chaohu Mingyue" supercomputer of Hefei Advanced Computing Center. The project is divided into three bid sections. The winning bidders are Guodun Quantum (SH688027, stock price 176 yuan, market value 14.1 billion yuan), Guoyi Quantum Technology (Hefei) Co., Ltd. and other enterprises. Every reporter was informed that the national shield quantum bid section for the total number of quantum chip bits of the superconducting quantum computer 200.

Image source: Hefei Public Resources Trading Center website

according to the public number of guodun quantum wechat, guodun quantum will provide Hefei advanced computing center "Chaohu bright moon" with a superconducting quantum computer, an excess fusion system and corresponding supporting software and hardware facilities, and will be responsible for the equipment operation and maintenance services and operations for 5 years after the completion of the platform. The quantum computer is the fourth quantum computer sold by the company.

Dr. Xie Shuxin, a senior expert at Guodun Quantum, told every reporter that 200 qubits is a relatively leading level. At present, there are not many enterprises that can provide quantum computing solutions. Through the cooperation between self-research and the University of Science and Technology of China and other units, Guodun has initially completed the layout of the industrial chain and can provide high-performance superconducting quantum computers. However, it should be noted that the performance of quantum computers cannot be judged by the number of bits alone, but also by fidelity, connectivity, coherence time, and so on.

as to whether the combination of supercomputing and quantum computing can become the future trend, Xie shuxin said: "it (referring to supercomputing) combines the powerful parallel processing capability of quantum computers with the efficient numerical computing capability of supercomputers, and explores and tries to split complex problems so that tasks suitable for quantum computing can be quantum accelerated, while other tasks are processed by supercomputers. 'Excess fusion' has the advantages of improving the calculation speed of specific problems, realizing the optimal allocation of resources, expanding the application field, enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of algorithms, and alleviating the errors in quantum computing through classical computing, which helps to promote the practical application of quantum computing."

Xie Shuxin believes that at this stage, quantum computers are limited by the limitations of hardware development, and the practical problems that can be solved are limited, and they are still in the early stage of development. Before the universal quantum computer came out, "super fusion" is one of the ways that quantum computing may have application value.

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