Berlin (d.de) – Quantum technologies are one key focus of the German research ministry’s High-Tech Agenda Germany. By 2030, research institutions, start-ups and established firms are to build two error-corrected quantum computers at top-class European level. The ministry is launching a Quantum Computing Competition to fund progress on this development in the three most currently advanced technology platforms: superconductors, neutral atoms and ion traps. One goal of the funding is to drastically reduce the error susceptibility of quantum processors.
“To ensure our competitiveness and sovereignty, we must be at the forefront of international activity. With the Quantum Computing Competition we are on track to become a top quantum technology country,” said Research Minister Dorothee Bär.
Quantum computers are to take computing capacity to a whole new level. In future, this will enable medical drugs to be developed more quickly and allow optimal control of traffic. Thanks to new possibilities in machine learning, quantum computers also promise to boost AI models.