Denmark and Novo Nordisk Foundation will fund the world’s most powerful quantum computer
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Denmark, through its Export Investment Fund, is launching a new quantum project as it makes a bold step to lead the global race in quantum computing, backed by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. This comes as the Danish government aims to outpace all existing machines in power and performance. The ambitious goal is to develop what they hope will become the world’s most powerful quantum computer. Microsoft will provide the software for the Denmark project The two funders announced on Thursday that they will commit €80 million (about $93 million) into a new venture called QuNorth. While classical computers struggle with highly complex problems, especially in chemistry and medicine, quantum computers promise to make light work of them by handling mind-boggling numbers of calculations at once. The project is not a fantasy, as tech giants are already on board. Microsoft, which operates its biggest quantum lab in Denmark, is providing the software. The hardware will be built by US-based Atom Computing. Construction begins this autumn, with the system expected to be ready to run by the end of next year. According to Reuters, the quantum computer will be named Magne, after the son of Thor in Norse mythology, a symbol of great strength. It’s a fitting name for a machine expected to handle calculations beyond the reach of today’s supercomputers. Jason Zander, Microsoft’s executive VP, explained that the machine will initially run with 50 logical qubits. To the layperson, a qubit, or quantum bit, is the smallest unit of quantum information. But logical qubits are special; they are formed by grouping multiple physical qubits to achieve more stable and accurate processing. Last year, Microsoft and Atom Computing managed to build 24 logical qubits, the most ever achieved at the time. Zander said hitting the 50 mark is when true “quantum advantage”…
