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Japan's 1st Commercial-Use Quantum Computer Starts Operations - Japan Today

posted by martyb on Monday August 02 2021, @09:41PM   

upstart writes:

Japan's 1st commercial-use quantum computer starts operations - Japan Today:

The University of Tokyo and International Business Machines Corp have started operations of Japan's first commercial-use quantum computer, making a foray into a fiercely competitive field led by the United States and China.

The next-generation system, developed by the U.S. technology company with the university holding exclusive access rights to use it, was set up at Kawasaki Business Incubation Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo.

An industry-academia consortium, launched in 2020, including Toyota Motor Corp, Sony Group Corp and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp as members, has access to the computer for joint research. It will explore the practical applications of quantum computing and nurture human resources.

The IBM Quantum System One computer system is the second of its kind that IBM has built outside the United States, following one in Germany.

[...] "It is very significant that a base (for a quantum computer) has been set up in Japan as it will help nurture personnel who will be adept at actually operating it," said Hideyuki Mase, senior researcher at the Japan Research Institute.

He noted many technical challenges remain for the full-fledged operation of quantum computers and the race to develop them has been intensifying globally, led by the United States and China.

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Original Submission

• commercial use(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 02 2021, @09:50PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 02 2021, @09:50PM (#1162449)

  geisha girls?

• This would have been useful(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 02 2021, @09:53PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 02 2021, @09:53PM (#1162450)

  when the engineers were planning Fukushima.

• Useful for pokemon?Useful for pokemon? (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 02 2021, @10:53PM (4 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 02 2021, @10:53PM (#1162484)

  Collect them all simultaneously!

  • Re:Useful for pokemon?Re:Useful for pokemon? (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday August 02 2021, @11:50PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) on Monday August 02 2021, @11:50PM (#1162502) Journal

    Maybe, maybe not.

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    • Re:Useful for pokemon?Re:Useful for pokemon? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @02:54AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @02:54AM (#1162560)

      What are you going to do with all those dead-and-alive pokemon anyway. They're not good fighting one another that way.

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      • Re:Useful for pokemon?Re:Useful for pokemon? (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday August 03 2021, @02:57AM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) on Tuesday August 03 2021, @02:57AM (#1162561) Journal

        Beat me if I know what a Pokemon is good for, no matter what their wave function is

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        • Re:Useful for pokemon?(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @03:05AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @03:05AM (#1162564)

          They are "sine" quality.

          I'll get me coat and see myself out...

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• Comment Below Threshold

  Correcton(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @12:28AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 03 2021, @12:28AM (#1162516)

  Japan or China's First or Last Commercial or non-Commercial Quantum or Classical Computer Starts or Stops Operations - Japan or China Today or Yesterday.

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  And furthermore, I have no idea if this will be considered Funny or not until I post it, so I'm logged in but posting AC.