Baidu Releases Superconducting Quantum Computer and World's First All-Platform Integration Solution, Making Quantum Computing Within Reach

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Baidu, Inc., a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today announced its first superconducting quantum computer that fully integrates hardware, software, and applications. On top of this, Baidu also introduced the world's first all-platform quantum hardware-software integration solution that provides access to various quantum chips via mobile app, PC, and cloud. Launched at Quantum Create 2022, a quantum developer conference held in Beijing, this new offering paves the way for the long-awaited industrialization of quantum computing.

A revolutionary technology that harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems beyond the reach of classical computers, quantum computing is expected to bring ground-breaking transformations in fields like artificial intelligence (AI), computational biology, material simulation, and financial technology. However, a significant gap remains between quantum devices and services.



"Qian Shi", Baidu's industry-level superconducting quantum computer incorporates its hardware platform with Baidu's home-grown software stack. On top of this infrastructure are numerous practical quantum applications, such as quantum algorithms used to design new materials for novel lithium batteries or simulate protein folding.

Qian Shi offers a stable and substantial quantum computing service to the public with high-fidelity 10 quantum bits (qubits) of power. In addition, Baidu has recently completed the design of a 36-qubit superconducting quantum chip with couplers, which demonstrates promising simulation results across key metrics.

As quantum computing continues to experience remarkable progress, a large number of enterprises are exploring how quantum computing will contribute to their real-world businesses. This has led to the development of "Liang Xi", the world's first all-platform quantum hardware-software integration solution that offers versatile quantum services through private deployment, cloud services, and hardware access. Liang Xi is able to plug into Qian Shi and other third-party quantum computers, including a 10-qubit superconducting quantum device and a trapped ion quantum device developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Users can conveniently visit these quantum computational resources via mobile app, PC, and cloud.

"With Qian Shi and Liang Xi, users can create quantum algorithms and use quantum computing power without developing their own quantum hardware, control systems, or programming languages," said Dr. Runyao Duan, Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing at Baidu Research. "Baidu's innovations make it possible to access quantum computing anytime and anywhere, even via smartphone. Baidu's platform is also instantly compatible with a wide range of quantum chips, meaning 'plug-and-play' access is now a reality."

These latest innovations are backed by Baidu Research's Institute for Quantum Computing, whose technological footprint covers a wide range of areas, including quantum algorithms and applications, communications and networks, encryption and security, error correction, architecture, measurement and control, and chip design. Across more than four years of research and development, Baidu has submitted over 200 core technology patent applications in the quantum technology field.

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[Crackong]

Every quantum computer uses superconductor.
Calling it "superconducting quantum computer" is such a PR BS and sounds like a scam

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

"Coming to a living room near you! This brand new HTQC Home Theater Quantum Computer!"

 

[Kohl Baas]

Every quantum computer uses superconductor.
Calling it "superconducting quantum computer" is such a PR BS and sounds like a scam

You will have problems with the X670E(xtreme) Extreme Xtreme motherbiards then.

 

[Flanker]

Aside from their map app which is quite good for navigating within China, I have yet to see a product from Baidu that isn't garbage

 

[Crackong]

You will have problems with the X670E(xtreme) Extreme Xtreme motherbiards then.

It is worse
It is like calling a modern PC "Silicon Personal Computer"

 

[mashie]

Hooray, a full 10 qubits. Only 999990 to go before we have something useful then.

 

[zlobby]

Hooray, a full 10 qubits. Only 999990 to go before we have something useful then.

Do you even have an idea what 10 qbits can be used for?

 

[mashie]

Do you even have an idea what 10 qbits can be used for?

Outside of research, not much at all.

 

[TheUn4seen]

Outside of research, not much at all.

Well, guess what? This hardware is used for research, not for consumer toys. I guarantee you that quantum computing will not be used for scrolling Facebook or playing games. Facebook might, at some point, use it to steal you data more efficiently, but that's probably the limit of the average person's exposure to quantum computing in the foreseeable future.

 

[mashie]

Well, guess what? This hardware is used for research, not for consumer toys. I guarantee you that quantum computing will not be used for scrolling Facebook or playing games. Facebook might, at some point, use it to steal you data more efficiently, but that's probably the limit of the average person's exposure to quantum computing in the foreseeable future.

My comment still stands, until we increase the number of qbits with several orders of magnitude they won't be useful outside of research labs.

 

[TheUn4seen]

My comment still stands, until we increase the number of qbits with several orders of magnitude they won't be useful outside of research labs.

The thing is, it will never, or at least for the foreseeable future, be used outside of research labs because it's just not consumer hardware. Also, 10 qubits is actually not bad, don't try to find parallels with binary hardware, quantum computing is a completely different beast.

 

[zlobby]

The thing is, it will never, or at least for the foreseeable future, be used outside of research labs because it's just not consumer hardware. Also, 10 qubits is actually not bad, don't try to find parallels with binary hardware, quantum computing is a completely different beast.

That! 'Research' doesn't mean someone playing with qbits as a hobby. This is actually playing with the fabric of our reality.

All the fancy 'toys' we have today are because of our understanding of the quantum realm. And GR of course.
Medical, elertical, chemical, civil engineering and countless other technological advancements we now take for granted because of research.

'Only for research' is just as ignorant as saying that Ivy league universities are producing 9-to-5 lab workers who have nothing better to do but to waste time between paychecks.

 

[mashie]

That! 'Research' doesn't mean someone playing with qbits as a hobby. This is actually playing with the fabric of our reality.

All the fancy 'toys' we have today are because of our understanding of the quantum realm. And GR of course.
Medical, elertical, chemical, civil engineering and countless other technological advancements we now take for granted because of research.

'Only for research' is just as ignorant as saying that Ivy league universities are producing 9-to-5 lab workers who have nothing better to do but to waste time between paychecks.

When I say research, it is in the context of commercial use cases. So yes people will play with this in labs for a very long time because we are nowhere near the number of qbits required to, you know, do something with it (besides playing and create research papers).

 

[Mister300]

This is a good explanation on Quantum physics and computing.

 

[qubit]

The qubit is strong with this one.