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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
China unveils fourth-gen quantum control system with support for 500+ qubits
Origin Wukong's developers, Origin Quantum Computing Technology Co., launched China's fourth-generation self-developed quantum control system supporting over 500 qubits. Named Origin Tianji 4.0, this is a major milestone for China's quantum tech goals. This launch marks a significant milestone in China's quantum computing efforts, paving the way for scalable, industrial-level production of hundred-qubit quantum computers—driven by repeatable, iterative engineering, according to Origin Quantum via the Global Times on Tuesday. The quantum control system is like the brain of a quantum computer. It helps send and receive special signals to talk to the quantum chips. The new version, called Origin Tianji 4.0, is a big improvement over the older version. It's now better at growing bigger, working smoothly, staying steady, and doing more things by itself, said China News Service. The team has enhanced efficient control and precise readout of quantum chips through fully self-developed hardware and software architectures, significantly accelerating the development and delivery of quantum computers, said Kong Weicheng, deputy director of the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center, who led the research team of Origin Tianji 4.0. The Origin Tianji 4.0 is also integrated with the four core software systems. This has helped improve the efficiency of the quantum chip. Tasks that required PhD-level excellence have now been streamlined into standardiezd workflows that can be executed by regular engineers. The launch of Origin Tianji 4.0 signifies that China's quantum computing industry now possesses replicable and iterative engineering production capabilities, laying the foundation for the mass production of hundred-qubit quantum computers, Guo Guoping, director of the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center and chief scientist at Origin Quantum, told the Global Times on Tuesday. Origin Tianji's 4.0's predecessor has also powered Origin Wukong, the self-developed superconducting quantum computer. it has completed over 380,000 qunatum computing tasks for more than 26 million users from 139 countries and regions worldwide. It became operational on January 6 last year, and has provided support across various fields such as finance, biomedicine, and fluid dymanics, according to Guo. Global visits to Origin Wukong have surpassed 20 million, with users from the US, Russia, Japan and Canada being the most active ones, the Global Times learned from the company in March this year. Currently, Origin Tianji 4.0 is supporting the development of China's next-generation quantum computer, contributing to a fully self-controlled "China solution" in the global race for quantum technology leadership, Guo said. The Origin Wukong has been spectated by over 20 million global visits, with majority of the users hailing from US, Russia, Japan, and Canada, the Global Times unearthed from the company in March earlier this year. While Origin Tianji 4.0 represents a major step forward in China's push toward scalable quantum computing, much of the progress remains in early-stage implementation. The system's improved automation, integration, and international reach are promising signs, but global competition in quantum computing is fierce and rapidly evolving. The true impact of these advancements will depend on how effectively China translates engineering milestones into consistent, real-world applications over the coming years.
South China Morning Post
28-04-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Chinese quantum computing firm tackles breast cancer screenings, drug design
Chinese quantum computing firm Origin Quantum has successfully applied its advanced technology in several biomedical fields, including breast cancer treatment, in a sign of progress towards commercialisation. Advertisement The Hefei-based company, which is backed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has demonstrated the viability of its Origin Wukong quantum computer in biomedical applications such as breast cancer mammography screening and small molecule drug design, according to a report by the state-run China News Service last week. For breast cancer detection, the quantum computer could process high-dimensional medical imaging data 'exponentially faster', addressing common issues with traditional mammography such as high false-positive rates and inefficiency, according to the report. Origin Quantum also collaborated with Fudan University and other institutions to validate quantum computing applications in small molecule drug design and crystal structure prediction. It has launched several quantum computer-based tools capable of, among other things, predicting drug toxicity and handling drug interaction analysis, company deputy director Zhao Xuejiao said, according to China News. Quantum computers leverage the principles of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems much faster than classical computers. Biomedicine is one of the fields where researchers believe these cutting-edge machines could have a transformative impact. Advertisement In September last year, the US National Institutes of Health announced a programme named Quantum Biomedical Innovations and Technologies, aimed at 'furthering the application' of quantum-based technologies in biomedical use cases.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Rigetti Computing Inc. (RGTI) Went Down On Friday?
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Rigetti Computing Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI) stands against other firms that suffer amid optimistic market environment. Wall Street's main indices recovered losses on Friday, as investors repositioned portfolios while digesting the ongoing trade tensions between the world's two largest economies. After a battering this week, the Nasdaq finished the day up 2.06 percent; the S&P 500 rose 1.81 percent; and the Dow Jones grew 1.56 percent. Ten companies, on the other hand, defied a wider market optimism, recording modest losses during the day. In this article, we have listed Friday's worst performers and detailed the reasons behind their declines. To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2 billion market capitalization and $5 million trading volume. A close up of an engineer typing at a quantum computing station in a modern office space. Rigetti Computing dropped its share prices by 3.4 percent on Friday to finish at $9.10 apiece as investors repositioned portfolios following news that China is now setting its sights on quantum computing advancements after DeepSeek's boom. Earlier this week, Chinese researchers in Hefei announced a huge breakthrough by using a real quantum computer, called Origin Wukong, to improve a huge artificial intelligence model with 1 billion parameters. The project was said to be the first in the world that had done such with a real quantum machine. Origin Wukong is a powerful computer with 72 qubits and is used to improve AI performance by 8.4 percent. Meanwhile, RGTI is expected to release a 36-qubit system based on four 9-qubit chips by mid-2025. By the end of the year, it expects to release a system with over 100 qubits with a targeted 2x reduction in error rates from the current level. Overall, RGTI ranks 6th on our list of firms that suffer amid optimistic market environment. While we acknowledge the potential of RGTI as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than RGTI but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock. READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Sign in to access your portfolio
South China Morning Post
09-04-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
First encounter: Chinese AI meets quantum power and gets smarter, faster
Chinese researchers say they have achieved a global first in using a real quantum computer to fine-tune an artificial intelligence (AI) model with 1 billion parameters, showing the potential of quantum computing to help better train large language models. Advertisement Using Origin Wukong , China's third-generation superconducting quantum computer with 72 qubits, a team in Hefei has achieved an 8.4 per cent improvement in training performance while reducing the number of parameters by 76 per cent, state-owned Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday. 'This is the first time a real quantum computer has been used to fine-tune a large language model in a practical setting. It shows that current quantum hardware can begin to support real-world AI training tasks,' said Chen Zhaoyun, a researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence under the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Centre. 05:00 Does the arrival of China's low-cost DeepSeek mean the end of Nvidia's chip dominance? Does the arrival of China's low-cost DeepSeek mean the end of Nvidia's chip dominance? The improved AI model also reportedly delivered better results on specific tasks. When trained on mental health conversation data, it made 15 per cent fewer mistakes and in a maths problem-solving test, its accuracy rose from 68 to 82 per cent, according to Science and Technology Daily. Fine-tuning is a key step in customising general AI models such as DeepSeek or Qwen for specialised tasks, such as analysing medical data. Traditionally, this process relies on powerful servers and faces multiple challenges, including limited ability to scale and high energy consumption. Quantum computing, by contrast, brings unique advantages. By leveraging quantum principles such as superposition – one particle holding multiple possible states at once – and entanglement, which means particles remain linked and instantly affect each other, quantum computers can explore vast combinations of parameters simultaneously, making AI training much faster and more efficient. Advertisement To enable this, researchers from Origin Quantum – a Hefei-based start-up that developed the Origin Wukong computer – worked with collaborators to create a new method called quantum-weighted tensor hybrid parameter fine-tuning.
